Hyderabad: Rohingya refugees, who had taken shelter at the refugee camps at Balapur, Barkhas, and Shaheennagar, still struggle for survival in Hyderabad.
Few youngsters of the community have now started earning a livelihood by working as daily wage labourers, or are dependent on the help given by various NGOs and human right organisations.
Health hazards and lack of basic education continue to dog them as they cannot get access to hospitals and schools in the city.
City human rights activists say that since majority of them do not have refugee status cards, they cannot go to hospitals for treatment nor can their children go to school without the status cards.
Meanwhile, a charity organisation — Salamah Trust — has set up Burmese Refugees Relief and Rehabilitation Committee to provide shelter for the refugees. It is also making efforts to provide education and health care.
“We have been providing private tuitions for kids of the refugees in the camps. We also provide medical care through our hospitals,” Nazimuddin Farooqui, chairman of Salamah Trust said.
Many charitable trusts and NGOs have been coming forward to help the refugees lodged at four camps in different parts of old city. Hyderabad Zakat and Charitable Trust on Tuesday distributed food items, clothes and other essentials to the refugees.
