Farsi and Dari factsheet

Farsi and Dari factsheet

View and download our Farsi and Dari factsheet to understand the main differences between Dari and Farsi, and get useful information on Tajik and Pashto. Other resources that might interest you: Arabic factsheet Kurdish factsheet Language & comprehension barriers in Greece’s migration crisis (research report)

What Matters? Humanitarian Feedback bulletin

What Matters Humanitarian Feedback bulletin

BBC Media Action, Internews, and Translators without Borders are working together to improve two-way communication between the Rohingya refugees, the host communities, and the humanitarian actors. What Matters? provides a snapshot of feedback received from affected community members, to assist sectors to better plan and implement relief activities with communities’ needs and preferences in mind. […]

Philippines Super Typhoon Mangkhut (“Ompong”) – Crisis language map

Philippines Super Typhoon Mangkhut TWB crisis language map

In the early hours of 15 September 2018, Typhoon Mangkhut struck the Philippines, with the eye of the storm crossing Luzon, the country’s largest and most populous island. The storm, locally known as Ompong, primarily impacted the northern Cagayan Province, including the towns of Baggao and Lasam, with sustained winds of 120 miles per hour […]

TWB’s Rohingya Zuban report

TWB’s Rohingya Zuban report

When surveyed in October 2017, a shocking number of Rohingya refugees said that they were unable to communicate with humanitarian responders. The issue of difficult communications in a crisis scenario is intensified by the fact that high numbers of the refugee community are illiterate. This rapid assessment shows how communication is a major barrier in […]

Response to the Rohingya refugee crisis [VIDEO]

Response to the Rohingya refugee crisis

A team from TWB has deployed to Cox’s Bazar to address the language barriers that are making the delivery of aid to the Rohingya population very difficult. During their stay in Bangladesh, they have developed language capacity by training local Rohingya speakers to work with them as interpreters in the refugee camps, as well as […]