Movement in Refuge

03/10/2026

— Thank you so much! You guys are amazing!

25/08/2026

Really motivated to start working with more students, especially women and girls, in Teknaf Rohingya refugee camps, Bangladesh.
We need every support we can get. All our funds raised go straight to the field work. All international staff are volunteers - that means no salary - and we pay our own flights and food allowance etc.

Probably the best value for money contribution you can make anywhere! ❤️


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25/08/2026

12/08/2026

Roundnet is one of the few sports that fits inside a refugee camp. It requires minimal space—a crucial advantage in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, where over a million people live in dense conditions. Because it can be played in tight spaces, it has become one of the very few sports accessible to Rohingya girls.

What started as a circle drawn in the dirt with no nets or balls has grown into a thriving community movement. Local coaches built custom nets out of water pipes and recycled materials, and today, our Roundnet Programme runs weekly training sessions for both boys and girls.

In January, we hosted the world’s first refugee roundnet tournament—bringing together 84 teams, 168 athletes, and 190 matches across four days! 🏆

Watch the full story on YouTube and learn how we're bringing these voices to the Roundnet World Championships in Paris this September:
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🎥 Enjoy watching the video: https://youtu.be/RmqBGeXR1D0?si=lBYQRF26pTvRx-6L

Roundnet is one of the few sports that fits inside a refugee camp. ...

06/07/2026

Every week, 100 Rohingya boys train hard on football pitches carved out of the camp. They work on skills, discipline, teamwork - and they do it barefoot or in disintegrating socks on sharp, unforgiving ground.

As summer temperatures in Cox's Bazar climb above 35°C, the sand and gravel surfaces become brutal.

So, what we need.

We need to raise £800 to purchase football boots for every boy in the programme. At £10 per pair, this is one of the most cost-effective investments we can make, not just in their physical safety, but in what sport means to them.

Proper footwear reduces the risk of injury, enables more consistent training, and sends a clear message: your participation matters. For young Rohingya lads growing up in one of the world's largest refugee camps, that message is not a small thing.

At a time when World Cup tickets cost tens of thousands of dollars and the world has its first trillionaire, we're asking for something much smaller, but far more meaningful. Please support this campaign in honour of Jude Alexi Zietara. 💙

https://www.gofundme.com/f/football-boots-for-refugees?attribution_id=sl:4a522cde-51a1-4f19-9ce2-c20f81e2d150&lang=en_GB&ts=1783340134&utm_campaign=fp_sharesheet&utm_content=amp20_t1&utm_medium=customer&utm_source=copy_link&fbclid=IwVERDUAS4hDpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQBzcnRjBmFwcF9pZAo2NjI4NTY4Mzc5AAEewnT3SrsYp2ZzqVi5qSXFCv4vneQ0vzMhy6zx2rTICBTwEo6YwjsVSuhAUhw_aem_R3uIgewVLx5aqmDO42kM4A

Every week, 100 Rohingya boys train hard on football pitches carved out of the camp. They work on skills… John Feechan needs your support for JUDES FUNDRAISER

24/06/2026

23/06/2026

Day 1 at Kutupalong Refugee Camp 1E ♟️

delegation stepped onto a different kind of board, sitting across from Rohingya students in Kutupalong Camp 1, part of the largest refugee settlement in the world.

More than 128 students joined the sessions, with dedicated spaces for both boys and girls. They didn’t just learn how to move pieces across a chessboard, they explored how can build confidence, critical thinking, patience, and new possibilities for the future.

For many of these young players, today was their first ever game of chess.

For , it marked the first visit to the Rohingya camps.

For , it represents what we believe in: creating pathways for innovative development projects that bring opportunity where it is needed most.

Very few programmes around the world bring girls’ chess initiatives into refugee contexts at this scale.

This is rare.
This matters. ♟️🌍

19/05/2026

This is about Raksha.

She’s 12 years old and lives in Kutupalong refugee camp in Bangladesh.

Last week I asked her what she wants to become.

“A lawyer,” she said.

Why?

“Because our people have no lawyers. Because I want to defend the human rights and citizenship rights of our people.”

She’s twelve.

Raksha has been training with Movement in Refuge for about a year now — yoga, movement, fitness, roundnet. Chess.

What strikes me most is not just her physical confidence. It’s how she carries herself now. She looks you directly in the eye. She speaks about her future with determination. She takes up space differently.

She told me recently that she wants us to open more centres in the camps so more girls can experience what she has experienced.
This weekend I met her mother and grandmother at our monthly parents meeting. I asked how they felt about sharing Raksha’s story publicly.

They told me Raksha’s father was killed during the violence that forced them to flee Myanmar in 2017.

Then they said something I won’t forget:
“Raksha is our hope for the future.”

They asked us to share her story with the world.
So here it is.

This drawing, made by one of Raksha’s friends, shows their journey fleeing Myanmar.

And this is why we are building Movement in Refuge:
not simply to provide activities — but to help create spaces where girls can grow stronger, more confident, more connected, and able to imagine futures beyond displacement.

If you’d like to support our work with girls and young people in the Rohingya camps, or have ideas that could help Raksha pursue her dream of studying law one day, send us a message.

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