Konya Metropolitan Municipality and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA) provided disaster preparedness training to Rohingya Muslim refugees in Bangladesh.
As part of the Emergency and Disaster Response Training Program (ADAMEP), Disaster Awareness and Fire Safety, First Aid, and First Aid Trainer trainings were delivered in the camps in Cox’s Bazar, one of the world’s largest refugee settlements.
The training program, organized under the coordination of the Arakan Humanitarian Aid Association, aimed to strengthen the safety awareness of camp residents, promote a conscious approach to disasters and emergencies, and enhance local capacity.
Through the training sessions, the program aimed to develop a proper and controlled response approach to potential disasters within the camps, such as fires and floods, and to ensure that initial intervention in emergency health situations, including injuries and illnesses, can be carried out in a conscious and effective manner.
Through this initiative, carried out in cooperation between Konya Metropolitan Municipality and the Turkish Cooperation and Coordination Agency (TİKA), an important step was taken both to contribute to reducing disaster risks in the field and to enable local staff and volunteers to act in a more prepared and organized manner.
The program stood out as a strong capacity-building initiative that reflected Türkiye’s humanitarian aid approach in the field through technical training and institutional expertise.
In the camps in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh—one of the world’s largest refugee settlements—fires, floods, and other disaster risks pose a serious threat due to the dense population, temporary shelters made of bamboo and tarpaulin, and limited infrastructure facilities.
