Senowara’s future looked bleak. She suffered from deteriorating eyesight, which made many everyday tasks impossible. Frustrated by Senowara’s inability to take care of the household, her husband left her and her four children to fend for themselves. She was terrified—how would she make sure her son and three daughters were taken care of?
Then, along with nearly 900,000 fellow Rohingya, she and her children were forced to leave home. Arriving at the world’s largest refugee settlement in Cox’s Bazar, Bangladesh, Senowara was almost blind.