Editorial photo #1943646 Unrest, Conflicts and War

Daily life in Southern Rakhine IDP Camps

A woman living in Shwe Pya describes the biggest challenge to survival to be the inadequate housing shelters. Her shelter does not protect her family during the floods of the rainy season, and many homes have been completely destroyed over the last five years, never to be rebuilt. She must sleep outside when it rains. The visuals shows the inhumane living conditions inflicted on of the Rohingya Muslim minority by the militarized Rakhine State. In 2012, many Rohingya were forced to relocate to displacement camps after the Rakhine people burned their villages to ash. Since then, the Rohingya are no longer recognized as Burmese citizens. Hundreds of thousands of Rohingya are barely surviving on scant government food rations, all but nonexistent access to healthcare, dilapidated housing shelters, and the perpetual fear of renewed attacks on their communities. Most now live in horrific conditions in the displacement camps with no government or NGO assistance. (Photo by Jade Sacker/NurPhoto)