Refugee Asylum Seeker Immigrants Network (RAIN)

RAIN - Refugee Asylum Seeker Immigrants Network.

Refugee support for Bihari and Ruhinga in Bangladesh. Bangladeshi Refugee Round the world.

Free advocacy for refugee, asylum seeker, displaced, illegal, undocumented, exile person.

( Our basic principal to prove that refugees are not burden of the society rather they are gardening in the society and developing a harmonious society )

Our Advocacy program is not a lawyers cell, this is totally a non- attorney based consultancy program.

The Refugee Support Services Program also addresses such as:

  1. Social adjustment
  2. English language instruction
  3. Interpretation and translation
  4. Day care for children

Leadership development for refugee

  • To empower refugee for survive
  • Shows the way goes the way

Tasks at hand can be challenging for a native English speaker and for someone navigating these processes by themselves, but an added language barrier makes it increasingly difficult. This education will be provided both in person and virtually.

Additionally, the organization will host gatherings, including global summits, for refugees and asylum seekers to share their experiences and to learn from each other. The purposes of these events will be to provide inspiration for these individuals to overcome the challenges they have faced, and to improve the life they are living to the point where they can live independently. While the gatherings will be hosted on a monthly basis, the summit while be held twice a year over the course of a two day period.

Bangaleer PatshalaSchool of Leadership will not charge for its educational programs to eliminate cost as an accessibility barrier for refugees.

Bangaleer Patshala – School of Leadership will accomplish its mission of easing Bangladesh refugees transitions into living in a new country, as well as of instilling leadership qualities into these individuals.

BPSL will help to empower refugees, thus improving their qualities of life.

If the our organization cannot provide assistance to an individual on what they might need help with, such as in legal situations, then we will refer them to other resources that can assist refugees in these situations, we also can receive support for our clients from our other network organizations like “Justice for our Neighbor” and so on.

Refugee support for Bihari and Ruhinga in Bangladesh.
Bangladeshi Refugee Round the world.

The organization will host gatherings, including global summits, for refugees and asylum seekers to share their experiences and to learn from each other. The purposes of these events will be to provide inspiration for these individuals to overcome the challenges they have faced, and to improve the life they are living to the point where they can live independently. While the gatherings will be hosted on a monthly basis, the summit while be held twice a year over the course of a two days period.

Bangladesh: In the world’s largest refugee camp, a “place of peace.”

Thousands of girls like Sufaira live in the Rohingya refugee camps of Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh. The camps are not healthy places for girls to grow up, which is why Bangladesh runs 12 Women and Girls Safe Spaces, locally known as the “Shantikhana,” (literally: “place of peace”) across eight camps, the largest temporary home of refugees in the world.

In all, Bangladesh has reached more than 122,000 people to date, 67,597 of them women or girls.

For Sufaira, the Shantikhana was a lifesaver as she grew up, recovering from the violence in her home country that caused her family to flee to Bangladesh. It was there that she learned to sew. She loved being able to create something with her own hands, especially since new clothes are difficult to obtain in refugee camps.

Organizers work hard to ensure the spaces are as safe as the name communicates, offering participants the freedom to express themselves.

Sufaira using the sewing machine in the Shantikhana.

In the Shantikhana, girls like Sufaira receive psychosocial support to recover from trauma while also learning life skills, basic literacy, and arithmetic. The spaces also include recreational activities as well as awareness sessions on gender-based violence, human trafficking, polygamy, menstrual hygiene, child abuse, and early marriage.

No more child brides

Early marriage is an ongoing pattern in the Rohingya community. When girls hit puberty, they are seldom allowed to step out of their houses, unless married.

As soon as Sufaira turned 16, there was immense pressure from her family. They were beginning to restrict her movement and insist she stay home unless married, making it increasingly difficult for her to visit the Shantikhana.

Because of her sessions there, Sufaira was aware of the negative consequences of child marriage and was starting to get worried. She spoke to a case worker with her concerns, and at Sufaira’s urging, the case worker spoke with Sufaira’s mother, who also visited the Shantikhana frequently.

Together, they were able to convince Sufaira’s father, and they all decided that Sufaira will not be given up for marriage until she turns 18.

“In my 16 years of living on this earth I have suffered a lot,” Sufaira said. “Now I am happier than before. Now I wish I can get a chance to learn more, I want to study and also get a job. I think I can do it by getting help from [the] Shantikhana.”

Children smile for a photo from their classroom window at Camp 16.