Development Agency: Drinking Water

development agency: It said in a release Wednesday that heavy rains and floods in camps have left people facing extreme hardship, and have slowed down the building of emergency shelters and clean water tanks, and the delivery of aid, according to CTV. Oxfam says is has reached nearly 100,000 people with clean drinking water, emergency toilets, water pumps and food rations and is planning to help more than 200,000 people during the first phase of its response. The international development agency says nearly 480,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh and more than 70 per cent are without adequate shelter, while half have no safe drinking water. Oxfam Bangladesh's humanitarian co-ordinator Paolo Lubrano says most of the families are huddled under sarongs and urgently need help. Women and children are particularly vulnerable, sleeping under open skies, roadsides, and forest areas with little or no protection, Lubrano said. Due to the volatile and chaotic situation, Oxfam says it is concerned about abuse and exploitation of women and girls. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.