Rohingya students read the Koran Paula Bronstein/Getty Images

Educating Myanmar’s Youngest Refugees

The Rohingya crisis is also an education crisis, as tens of thousands of refugees remain unable to access schooling in their temporary homes. Regardless of whether the Rohingya remain in Bangladesh or return to Myanmar, education of the youngest is both a right and an essential investment in the future.

COX’S BAZAR, BANGLADESH – Amina Begum is a case study in the power of hope. Three months ago, armed vigilantes attacked the six-year-old’s village in Myanmar’s Rakhine State. Amina saw neighbors killed, an uncle wounded by gunfire, and her home razed.

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