LATEST News


Warning: A non-numeric value encountered in /homepages/4/d283855564/htdocs/web/uts/wp-content/plugins/bb-plugin/classes/class-fl-builder-loop.php on line 168

Right To Play, UTS and IFMA visit to Rohinga Refugee Camp

By United Through Sports | January 11, 2019

Over 30 years ago, countless Rohinga families fled from violent human rights abuse and conflict within Myanmar (Burma) and have been “temporarily” living in nine refugee camps within the Tak Province along the western border of Thailand. With over 120,000 refugees in this region, they contribute to the fastest growing refugee crisis in the world. Rohinga families currently have no alternative than to live in cramped shacks in over-crowded make-shift communities. Regular risk of fires sweeping through these camps means that each house is adorned with rows of small plastic bags above their entrances filled with water or sand. These …