Green Technology Provides Safe Drinking Water for Thousands of Rohingya Refugees

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Green Technology Provides Safe Drinking Water for Thousands of Rohingya Refugees

Thousands of Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, now have safe drinking water thanks to a combination of green technology and sunlight.

Cox's Bazar has plenty of refugees. More than 900,000. Most have arrived in Bangladesh since August 2017, when violence and persecution by the Myanmar military triggered a mass exodus of Rohingya refugees. 

The refugees are living in squalid conditions across 36 different locations in Cox's Bazar. Water is scarce in most locations. But sunshine is plentiful. Over the past six months, the U.N. refugee agency and partners have been putting into operation solar-powered safe water systems.

A Rohingya Muslim refugee sunbathes along with her child outside their shelter at Balukhali refugee camp near Cox's Bazar, in Bangladesh, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018.

SOURCE ABOUT CLEAN WATER FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES 

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