The image of the women and children with very little on their backs walking to find safety is going to stay with all of us. The idea that some of those women—too many of those women—on that journey were carrying the results of incest and rape is horrendous and Canadians were outraged. Canadians stepped up and our government is investing $300 million over three years to provide the humanitarian assistance needed.
I think it's really important to talk about why three years is important. We hear this from all organizations that are dependent on dollars. Without predictable and sustainable funding, the work that those hard-working individuals do on the ground becomes more challenging. First and foremost, we provided stability and peace of mind to the individuals providing services.
We have been the strongest in our condemnation in terms of the genocide. Colleagues in the House all stood and agreed that what was happening was wrong, and more importantly, that it was a genocide.
We are also grateful to the people of Bangladesh who have welcomed a million refugees. That's a significant number. We also know—just as we heard from folks in Colombia with the Venezuelan crisis—that there are economic opportunities for Bangladesh to be welcoming these individuals, but we thank them for doing this work.
We are working with the World Bank and the Government of Bangladesh and we're providing $16.3 million to implement an innovative mechanism where every dollar we put in unlocks $5 in grant funding. That means we're leveraging over $81 million from the World Bank to support health, nutrition and basic education services for Rohingya refugees in Cox's Bazar. I talked about those safe women's spaces, but this comprehensive, wraparound support is particularly important.