RADIO FOR ROHINGYA REFUGEES: ASSESSING THE IMPORTANCE AND EFFECTIVENESS AS COMMUNICATION TOOLS

Bangladesh is home for more than 800,000 Rohingya Refugees and this is the most densely crowded refugee camps around the world. Since 2017 The Government, along with humanitarian organizations, is implementing humanitarian aid projects to the Rohingya people but till now communicating with the Rohingya people is one of the biggest obstacles for them. Researchers of this study will explore the importance of Radio to provide necessary information for refugees regarding aid and security issues and its contribution to fulfilling the demand for the entertainment of refugees. To understand how important radio as a communication tool is, researchers of this study have followed the concept of humanitarian communication and have conducted a survey among refugees and a Focus Group Discussion with opinion leaders of refugee camps and the findings from the survey and FGD leads them to believe that as a communication tool, Radio can play a very effective role and lessen crisis of Rohingya refugees.