Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden, a UNDP Goodwill Ambassador, visited the Ukhiya Rohingya camp in Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh, on Wednesday, March 20.
She traveled from Bhasan Char in Noakhali to the Ukhiya Rohingya camp at about 1:30 p.m. in a Bangladesh Army chopper.
Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden is visiting Rohingya camp
The princess was greeted by representatives of the Swedish Embassy in Dhaka, Police Superintendent Mahfuzur Rahman, and Deputy Commissioner Mohammad Shahin Imran of Cox's Bazar.
She first proceeded to the World Food Programme and UNHCR e-voucher outlets for registration and food distribution at the Camp 4 expansion after arriving at the Rohingya camp.
Following that, she visited the Multi-Purpose Women's Centre at Camp 4, which is managed by UN Women and UNFPA, and chatted with the Rohingya women.
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Then, she visited the UNHCR-run Camp 5 skill development training programme, where she saw a bakery and chatted with the women working there as they processed jute goods.
She also went to the Cultural Memory Centre for Rohingya.
The Smart Service Point of the Post Office in Koyra, Khulna was opened by Crown Princess Victoria of Sweden on Tuesday to enhance digital inclusion and make public services more accessible so that no one is left behind.
She flew into Dhaka on Monday and will be in Bangladesh through Thursday.
After her initial visit to Bangladesh in 2005, the crown princess made her way back to the nation nearly twenty years later.
After that, she spent three days mostly monitoring Swedish development assistance in Bangladesh's northwest regions.
In October 2023, the crown princess was named a UNDP goodwill ambassador.
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She is essential to raising public knowledge of and participation in the Sustainable Development Goals and ensuring that no one is left behind in a sustainable future.
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