[3] The UK-based charity Islamic Relief constructed the settlement on an area of 20 hectares (0.077 sq mi) in July 2008, and worked on providing residents with water and sanitation until the Government of Bangladesh asked it to withdraw in February 2010.

[7] As of 14 January 2018, the population of refugees living within the original area of the Leda makeshift camp is 15,300.

[1] A ten-bed clinic run by IOM provides facility-based delivery services as well as basic emergency obstetric and newborn care.

[8][9] Various NGOs operating the camp also provide madrassas, drinking water, latrines, washrooms, desludging tanks and child friendly spaces.

[10] Leda has shops run by Bengali locals as well as Rohingya refugees.