Supporting one another, the struggles, and the future envisioned.

With Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh as the center stage, this project broadcasts the current state of the hosting communities accepting the Rohingya refugees, and the support invested into their everyday lives.

The refugee camp is situated closely to the residential area of the Bangladesh locals, and part of the Rohingya refugees live together with the Bangladesh locals. It has led to the situation where there are more refugees than Bangladesh locals. Due to this nature, the hosting Bangladesh residents have, in cases, been stripped of their fields and/or work, encountered severe inflation in prices of goods, have been exposed to infectious diseases and lack of hygiene, and experienced deterioration in public safety. Many effects have been felt.
Upon this, aimed at enriching the lives of the hosting communities, IC Net Ltd., a corporation involved in solving the world’s many societal issues, started a new support project. This project, called the “Goat Bank”, involves distributing goats, which there are many of in Bangladesh, to hosting communities and having them raise them, and once the goats increase in number pass on the goats to another individual, expanding the support circle. WORLD FESTIVAL Inc., as a project member has progressed together with the project from the initial crowdfunding, conducted interviews with the hosting communities and Rohingya refugees, and of course captured each and every one’s thoughts and emotions, their attractions and potential, as well as the current situation they have been placed in.

From each viewpoint to another, there is always something and the ones we need to protect. In such a condition, there are those who seek to come together despite struggles with uncertainty and fear. Those who wish to over come the despair. From the voices of each individual, we hope these visuals will invigorate people to stop and think about the current state of the Rohingya refugees, and the meaning of holding one another’s hand to live towards a better future.