Rina Akther, a 16 year-old domestic worker begins her day at the break of dawn.

A large signboard hung outside a small pharmacy located inside the Mohammadpur Geneva Camp says, “Doctor Available for Consultation,” but in the 12 years since this pharmacy was established, not once has a doctor stepped into its premises.

Article 17 of the Constitution names education as a civil right. It states, "Free and compulsory education: The state shall adopt effective measures for establishing a uniform mass-oriented and universal system of education and extending free and compulsory education to all children to such stage as may be determined by law…”

A glimpse into the lives of people stranded in the Geneva Camps has shown us the deplorable state in which they have been living for 43 years.

8ft by 8ft- the size of an average bathroom in most of our homes—that is how much space each family living inside the Geneva Camps (Bihari Camps) all over the country is allotted.