Help Support Our Rohingya Artists

Earlier this week, a fire devastated the Balukhali refugee camp, a Rohingya refugee settlement in Bangladesh, where many of our teaching artists along with their families live and work. Today, we received an update that two of our artists and their families have lost their homes, and have family members who are missing. 

We received images of three community centers where we have worked together with partners who provide safety for women, children, and our teaching artists, which have burned to the ground. 

While crisis teams have been active on the ground supporting over 50,000 displaced people, we wanted to bring awareness of these tragic events to our entire global community. We hope that you will join us to support our Rohingya refugee artists who have already lost so much. 

Over the next month, all donations collected will go directly to our Rohingya artists in order to assist with basic needs and ensure that they have the capacity to support their families and communities through these difficult times. We want to remind our artists that we are together. 

In response to these tragic events, our team of artists has communicated that they wish to be a part of the response that supports the children and families in their community who have faced the trauma of displacement and now have lost everything again. Together, we will work with our Rohingya artists, their families, and our partners to help rebuild their communities from the ashes and help to heal this pain.