Of the 1,200,000+ Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, 78% are women & children. The Humanity Rises Medical Clinic has treated HUNDREDS OF THOUSANDS Rohingya at an avg cost of $5.00+/- per patient. The Humanity Rises Rehma Child Life Center is the ONLY ORG in the world's largest refugee camp solving for both the PEDIATRIC MENTAL HEALTH & EDUCATION needs of the Rohingya children.
The Rohingya Genocide Crisis
The mass exodus of the Rohingya from Rakhine State began on August 25, 2017, when the Myanmar (Burma) military initiated a targeted and systematic genocide campaign that included murdering, burning, torturing and raping (including children) the Rohingya. The Myanmar military went home to home and burned down around 300 Rohingya villages.
Since August 2017, over 750,000 Rohingya have arrived in Bangladesh, bringing the number of refugees there to approximately 1.2 million people — the largest refugee camp in the world. Of that, over 78% are women and children. The United Nations describes the latest mass exodus of Rohingya Muslims from Myanmar as "the world's fastest-growing refugee crisis" and "a textbook example of ethnic cleansing."
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“Humanity Rises is the result of Kel’s fierce passion for equity & social justice, education and opportunity. Kel’s commitment to serving the most vulnerable is sacred & profound. The clinic she created in Bangladesh is the result of her strong desire to alleviate suffering by treating each patient with dignity & with the best medical care possible. Kel is a bright & shining light in this turbulent world of ours & one who has never forgotten that we truly do belong to each other.”
Barrie Landry, Philanthropist, former member, UNICEF USA Board of Directors,
Humanity Rises Director Emeritus
The Humanity Rises Medical Clinic
Located in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, home to the world's largest refugee camp and nearly 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, the Humanity Rises Medical Clinic (HRMC) has provided free critical healthcare, testing and medication to hundreds of thousands of patients since opening in 2018. Half of them have been children. In 2026, the clinic is on track to treat approximately 40,000 patients at an average cost of less than $5.20 per patient.
In its early days, the clinic treated the devastating injuries of Myanmar's genocidal campaign against the Rohingya, which began in August 2017, including third-degree burns, gunshot wounds and pregnancies resulting from rape. Today, it treats a wide range of illnesses and conditions, including contusions, COVID-19, diphtheria, cholera, severe dehydration, hepatitis C, hypertension, diabetes, heart disease, COPD, bronchial asthma, sexually transmitted infections, and chest and eye infections.
Although HRMC is classified as a Health Post in the camp's healthcare ecosystem, it goes well beyond that role. Most Health Posts are open five days a week, while HRMC is open six. The clinic also offers onsite services that a typical Health Post does not, including complete blood count (CBC) testing, ECGs and ultrasounds, which allow our doctors to diagnose illnesses more quickly and accurately and begin treatment sooner. An onsite pharmacy dispenses prescribed medication free of charge, so patients leave with the treatment they need.
Because of the clinic's strong reputation, the World Health Organization (WHO) has selected HRMC to administer hepatitis B, rabies and tetanus vaccines. HRMC is also authorized to provide anti-D injections, a preventive treatment given to Rh-negative mothers to protect their future babies from a serious and potentially fatal blood condition. Most Health Posts, and even many Primary Health Centers, are not authorized to provide these services.
Beyond medical care, the clinic provides nutritional supplements to babies, young children, and pregnant and postpartum women to prevent and treat malnutrition. It also offers sexual and reproductive health counseling, along with guidance on hygiene and general nutrition.
The Humanity Rises
Rehma Child Life Center
The horror the Rohingya children have experienced from being the targets of the Myanmar military’s genocide campaign is unimaginable and has created deep trauma within each of them. In addition to many being victims of rape themselves, children have witnessed mothers being raped, siblings being thrown alive into fires, babies being shot in the head, toddlers being slaughtered by machetes and other incomprehensible violence.
Named in honor of Rehma Sabir, The Humanity Rises Rehma Child Life Center (HRRCLC) provides education-based pediatric mental health services to Rohingya children. The HRRCLC is the only learning center in the 6,000-acre Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar solving for both pediatric mental health and formal education needs in a single solution by having full-time onsite psychologists in the classroom working side-by-side with the teachers. The HRRCLC is also the only child life center to have two classrooms, a soccer field, outdoor play area, three bathrooms, wash stations, and onsite full-time psychologists. In 2026, the HRRCLC is projected to serve over 62,000 nutritionally balanced meals to the Rohingya children. In doing so, we nourish their mind, body, and soul.
About Humanity Rises
Humanity Rises is a registered 501(c)(3) refugee humanitarian aid organization currently focused on the genocide-driven Rohingya crisis in Bangladesh. Our fundamental belief is that during the world's darkest moments, light always shines through when humanity rises to help those affected by tragedy, and in helping to lift others, we lift ourselves.
In 2017, the year Humanity Rises launched, our efforts were focused on restoring dignity and igniting hope in the lives of refugees stuck in camps in Greece. To bring that to life, we installed outdoor gym parks inside refugee camps that helped lift the spirit of the entire camp. We believe physical exercise helps restore dignity and is the best way to rebuild the emotional strength refugees need to maintain the hope necessary to survive.
By the end of 2017, after 750,000+ Rohingya fled from Rakhine State after the Myanmar military initiated a targeted and systematic ethnic cleansing campaign, it became clear we needed to do something to help the innocent souls at the center of this unimaginable genocide. After extensive due diligence, we knew alleviating suffering was where we needed to focus our energy, so in June of 2018 we launched The Humanity Rises Medical Clinic. Located in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, home to the world's largest refugee camp and nearly 1.2 million Rohingya refugees, the Humanity Rises Medical Clinic has provided free critical healthcare, testing and medication to hundreds of thousands of patients since opening in 2018. Half of them have been children. In 2026, the clinic is on track to treat approximately 40,000 patients at an average cost of less than $5.20 per patient.
In February 2019, we launched the Humanity Rises Rehma Child Life Center that provides education-based pediatric mental health services to Rohingya children who have witnessed unimaginable genocide horror and are dealing with deep trauma. The HRRCLC is the only learning center in the 6,000-acre Rohingya refugee camp in Cox’s Bazar solving for both pediatric mental health and formal education needs in a single solution by having full-time onsite psychologists in the classroom working side-by-side with the teachers. In 2026, the HRRCLC is projected to serve over 62,000 nutritionally balanced meals to the Rohingya children. In doing so, we nourish their mind, body, and soul.
No living creature on earth should have to withstand one second of the unimaginable physical and emotional pain the Rohingya deal with every second of every day, and alleviating suffering through health services reminds them they are not forgotten.
Our Previous Work
Help us alleviate genocide-driven suffering in the lives of the innocent Rohingya souls at the center of the fastest growing humanitarian crisis of our lives.
