Sazzad Hossain

works for @housingON + @ONmunicipal in 🇨🇦 previously w/ @Refugees, @MSF in 🇧🇩, @UN_MINUSMA in 🇲🇱, @MONUSCO in 🇨🇩

[Sazzad Hossain @mmSazzadh]

🔸Basics of economic development
🔸Practical tools for effective econ-dev strategy

🔗https://t.co/MdsFTl4WlM

[Ontario Ministry of Rural Affairs @ONRuralAffairs]

🌱Ontario is helping build stronger rural communities!🌱

This Economic Development Week, we're excited to highlight Community Economic Development 101! 🧵1/2

[Sazzad Hossain @mmSazzadh]

$75.5M for communities throughout #Ontario to:

✅Create more emergency shelter spaces
✅Affordable 🏡units
✅Alternatives to encampments

🔗👇 for list of local service managers and Indigenous program administrators who've received funding:
https://t.co/bSOR1Ta6XL

[Ontario Housing @housingON]

Ontario has released the list of communities receiving funding to expand emergency shelters and fast-track affordable housing projects across the province.

Find out how the province is helping wind down encampments: https://t.co/FlUMJ3jEjP

[Sazzad Hossain @mmSazzadh]

🆕 policy ⏩ to get projects moving ⏩ faster

📣Recruiting building officials for #Ontario from outside (Manitoba for now)

Application deadline: 31 Dec 2026

More information👇

[Ontario Municipal Affairs @ONmunicipal]

Qualified building officials from Manitoba are now eligible for an Equivalency Assessment. This process will make it easier to recruit building officials and help address building official shortages, particularly in northern Ontario communities.

https://t.co/IcmSV6pg3G

[Sazzad Hossain @mmSazzadh]

💫New rural economic development program
🏘️Investments in housing
🧮Enabling infrastructure

[Ontario Municipal Affairs @ONmunicipal]

At the #ROMA2025 conference, Ontario announced measures to strengthen rural and northern communities by investing in crucial infrastructure, supporting economic prosperity and improving affordability.

https://t.co/hXOPeyFtMW

@ROMA_Ont @AMOPolicy @ONInfra @ONRuralAffairs

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

Bhasan Char became a lot safer for refugees today, with the arrival of a sea ambulance 🚤🩺

Thanks to @tikadakka and the Turkish people 🇹🇷, the ambulance connects the island to hospitals on the Bangladeshi mainland - a vital resource in case of emergency.

[Sumbul Rizvi @Sumbulrizvi7]

🙏🇬🇧
Thank you, UK, for immense generosity towards the Rohingya refugee response.
£12 million & continued advocacy to ensure the situation of Rohingya refugees is not forgotten.
Thank you, Minister Trevelyan and FCDO
@RohingyaResp @Refugees @UNHCRUK @UNHCRAsia

[UNHCR Asia-Pacific @UNHCRAsia]

“We spent 45 days on the boat. It was a difficult situation for me because I was pregnant. The whole time while on the boat, I kept praying."

Insecurity and restrictions in camps are driving Rohingya refugees like Jannatara on boats in search of safety.
https://t.co/iWgobExkcJ

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

#LPG (Liquified Petroleum Gas) has transformed life of Rohingya @Refugees, increasing safety & well-being + saving 🌲forests🌴

🇺🇳@UNinBangladesh🇧🇩 endeavors to create a 💫brighter future, ensuring that refugees have the tools & resources to rebuild and thrive💙

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

It’s scorching in the #Rohingya refugee camps in #Bangladesh 🥵

In response to the #heatwave, learning centres have closed, working hours reduced, clinics are ready with rehydration fluids, and health volunteers are disseminating information about how to cope with the heat.

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

No one chooses to be a refugee.

#Rohingya refugees displaced across Asia are longing to return home, but only when it is safe for them to do so.

The world must redouble its efforts to make that possible.

#WithRohingya #RohingyaResponse2024

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

🌟Through art and conversation, women on #BhasanChar are building resilience & empowering themselves + their communities in our Women-Friendly Spaces – designed for #Rohingya women to connect & share💖

From painting to weaving, every craft tells a story🧵✨

#EmpowerWomen

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

💡Sustainable energy solutions are brightening @Refugees' lives in 🇧🇩Cox's Bazar.

Thousands of ☀️solar streetlights 🔦light up pathways in camps, improve access to 🛁water & sanitation at night + reduce risks of gender-based violence.

@RohingyaResp
@UNinBangladesh

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

Come to @ULABian campus this Saturday to see 3 short 🎦films on people #ForcedToFlee & how others perceive them.

From 2-3 March, Dhaka Int'l Mobile Film Festival (DIMFF) 2024 will screen 20 selected films submitted from across the 🌎

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

UNCHR condemns the killing of this #Rohingya refugee child in the strongest possible terms.

The targeting of children is a highly worrying escalation of the ongoing violence in the camps, and restoring safety and security for all Rohingya refugees is essential.

@RohingyaResp

[RFI @RFI]

🇧🇩 Dans le sud du #Bangladesh, se trouve le plus grand camp de réfugiés avec un million de rohingyas

➡️ Interdits de sortir des camps pour travailler, des gangs violents se forment, ce qui force un grand nombre à fuir

Un @RFIReportage de @sebfarcis 👇https://t.co/kEWDnGBpEa

[Hai Kyung Jun @JunHaiKyung]

Pleased to be in Dhaka 🇧🇩 for my first visit as UNHCR’s Director for Asia and the Pacific. Further to pledges made at the Global Refugee Forum, we had positive conversations on ways to keep attention on the Rohingya situation and strengthen our collective efforts.

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

The impact of climate change is putting crisis upon crisis, making life harder for refugees.

Nobody is immune to the destabilizing effects of climate change, but vulnerable communities, like Rohingya @Refugees in 🇧🇩Cox's Bazar, are impacted first.

@RohingyaResp
@UNinBangladesh

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

Throwback➡️ In 2023, 94% of the 9,496 young ppl enrolled in pre-vocational training in the #Rohingya refugee camps passed their assessments📚

📚Access to education and training is key to turning dreams into knowledge, skill & opportunity
#VocationalEducation

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

DIY? 🐘In the #Rohingya refugee camps in Cox's Bazar, Elephant Response Teams are always on a mission to steer wild Asian elephants away from the camps.

Trained volunteers use torches + loudspeakers to guide elephants away, protecting refugees, local settlements and elephants 🐘

[UNHCR in Bangladesh @UNHCR_BGD]

We 💙 this photo from Camp 21 in 🇧🇩Cox's Bazar.

Sports brings hope in the challenging refugee life. Not only does it keep us 🤸‍♂️active, it also 🤝unites us - builds 🎯confidence and improves🧘mental health.

Share with us your favourite 📸 of sports!