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I volunteered at the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh while this was happening. Most of them were aware of this and attempted to stay ahead of the raids by monitori
by diveanon 6y ago
I volunteered at the Rohingya camps in Bangladesh while this was happening. Most of them were aware of this and attempted to stay ahead of the raids by monitoring some of the groups.
Their stories are horrific and to this day I have bad dreams about what I saw / heard in those camps.
One of my coworkers escaped through the jungle to Thailand where I now live. He lost his brother and father to a group with machetes.
His story is incredibly depressing and makes me extremely grateful every day for what I have. We have spoken several times about the role of Facebook in what happened, and he has said repeatedly that nothing has changed and that it will happen again.
- tboyd47 6y agoDo you have any recommendations for charity groups working to lessen the plight of these people?
- diveanon 6y agoThere are several. A key thing to look for is whether or not the charity is focused on relocation. The conditions they were in while I was there were horrendous. The largest camp I visited was over 600k people. I was working with a few organizations, but from what I saw islamic relief was the most effective at getting people out. I believe most of the relocated refugees through that org wound up in aceh, indonesia. It's a humanitarian disaster that has been largely forgotten, I shudder to think what covid has done to their efforts.
- tboyd47 6y agoThanks.
- lostlogin 6y agoHave you or anyone you know made contact with Facebook about it? I’m not suggesting you should, I’m just wondering if anyone did and if there was ever any Facebook response that wasn’t per-canned lawyer crap.
- diveanon 6y agoI remember speaking to a few aid workers who were trying to get FB to donate to their efforts. To my knowledge they never received any money. If anyone can fact check that I would love to be corrected.