By SALAI THANT ZIN Local residents in the Chin State capital Hakha are facing a potable water shortage amid a partial suspension of the township’s water supply that has lasted more than three months. ...
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Burma Landmine Casualty Rate Among World’s Worst: Report
By NOBEL ZAW / RANGOON —Burma has the third-highest landmine-related casualty rates in the entire world, has edged away from international forums focused to eradicate the munitions, and is one of the...
Accountability, Equity, Inclusion and Conflict Sensitivity Improvement Planning Guide: A guide for 3MDG implementing partners to develop and implement AEI&CS improvement plans
1. Background The Three Millennium Development Goal Fund (3MDG) supports the provision of health services in Myanmar and contributes towards the country’s efforts to achieve the three health-related...
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UNHCR Thailand-Myanmar Cross-border Bulletin - Sixth Edition, December 2014
Helping separated families reunite - from Ban Don Yang to Minnesota Life skills training empowers return communities in Tanintharyi Tales of ordinary resilience Rebirth of a school Life in the Kayah...
Baseline survey: Economic Recovery and Market System, Kachin State – NGCA area, December 2014
Project: Emergency WaSH assistance and Food Security and Livelihoods support to vulnerable population affected by conflicts in Rakhine and Kachin State. CONTEXT The beneficiary baseline survey was...
Myanmar 2014 - Civic Knowledge and Values in a Changing Society
Executive summary Myanmar is undergoing an extraordinary period of change. The transition from military rule to a quasi-civilian government since 2011 is exemplified by shifts from a closed economic...
Myanmar Humanitarian Fund Annual Report 2014
EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The Myanmar Emergency Response Fund (ERF) continues to play an important role in ensuring that essential humanitarian assistance is provided to the most vulnerable people affected...
LWF Myanmar Program Camp Situation Report – December 2014
Updates LWF organized sports events (Cane ball, Tug of War, Football, and Running, See Hto) in the camp jointly with Department of Health, RSG on January 13 and 14. In the events 357 (164 girls)...
UNICEF applauds Myanmar’s first-ever social protection strategy
Nay Pyi Taw, 30 December 2014: UNICEF congratulates the Government of Myanmar on the adoption of the country’s first national social protection strategy. The document, which has been developed in the...
Myanmar Agriculture in Brief
Myanmar is an agricultural country and agriculture sector is the backbone of its economy. Agriculture contributes 23% (2013-2014) of GDP, 20% of total exports earnings, and employs 61.2% of the labor...
Farming together to overcome fear and mistrust in Rakhine state, Myanmar
MAUNGDAW, Myanmar, December 29 (UNHCR) – For 18 months they lived side by side but did not see or talk to each other. Following the 2012 inter-communal violence in Myanmar's Rakhine state, Muslim and...
Managing risks to reach more people with lifesaving services and support in Myanmar
By Kate Roux The Myanmar Red Cross Society operates with over 450 staff in 330 branches throughout the country. The nation’s leading humanitarian organization, and the oldest, the Red Cross is...
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India – Burma/Myanmar: two armed movements take on humanitarian commitments
On 17 November 2014 to kick off Geneva Call’s Third Meeting of Signatories to the Deeds of Commitment, two armed groups pledge themselves to abide by humanitarian norms in armed conflict. ...
Compromises reached on most ceasefire issues
By SHWE AUNG Senior peace negotiators say they have reached agreement on several outstanding points at the latest round of ceasefire talks in Rangoon. Dr Salai Lian Hmung Sakhong, a representative of...
Myanmar to Provide Free Treatment to Half of HIV/AIDS Patients by 2016
Myanmar has pledged to provide free treatment to around half of the country’s patients affected by HIV and AIDS by 2016, as civil society groups called on the government to increase efforts to meet...
Ethnic Leaders Propose Talks in Kachin Capital
By LAWI WENG / THE IRRAWADDY RANGOON — Ethnic peace negotiators have requested a meeting between the government and ethnic armed groups in Burma’s troubled north, where an artillery attack on a rebel...
More Villagers Injured in Letpadaung Mine Protests
RANGOON — Three people were injured on Tuesday morning when police used rubber bullets to quell an attempt to halt land seizures near the Letpadaung copper mining project, the day after one woman was...
Connecting Rural Women, Exchanging Knowledge Across Myanmar
Five years ago she used to walk from house to house, carrying a pot of Mohinga, on her head and calling out to people to buy this popular, traditional Myanmar fish soup eaten for breakfast. For this...
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New Donor Partnerships for UNDP in Myanmar
Two donor partners have provided funding for the United Nations Development Programme's (UNDP) work in support of Myanmar’s democratic reforms. The Swedish International Development Authority (SIDA)...
Feature: Fight against malaria unites old foes in Myanmar
Source: Thomson Reuters Foundation - Thu, 18 Dec 2014 05:00 GMT Author: Astrid Zweynert TA GAY LAUNG, Myanmar, Dec 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - In the middle of a bustling village hall in...