Myanmar: Floods - Jun 2016 Updates

CERF funding enabled 12 UN agencies together with 589 partners to provide life-saving assistance in 2016 and 2017 to 22.5 million people in humanitarian emergencies in 47 countries.

Among the many risks children face in Myanmar, tuberculosis is one that develops slowly and often unnoticed by parents and teachers. Fortunately for seven-year-old first grader, Lin Lae Cho is seven,...

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The El Niño Southern Oscillation (ENSO) is one of Earth’s most important climatic phenomena. ENSO, which refers to interactions between the ocean and atmosphere in the Equatorial...

Foreword During one of my visits to a Women and Girls Centre in Myitkyina, a displaced Kachin woman told me a very personal story of how she and her husband transformed their relationship. The woman...

Our Strategic Commitments (1) Impartiality – We maintain impartiality in the selection of our staff. The selection of our beneficiaries purely is on a needs basis and not based on race, religion...

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Millions to benefit from efforts to mitigate the impact of flooding and earthquakes WASHINGTON, 15 June, 2017— A new project in Myanmar aims to strengthen the country’s capacity to respond to...

Six months after the destructive floods that destroyed planted rice paddy, villagers from Shwe Hlay in Magway Region in Myanmar’s Dry Zone are now able to harvest winter crops thanks to the emergency...

A. Situation analysis Description of the disaster Monsoon rains in the last week of July 2016 brought extensive flooding in several townships of Ayeyarwarddy, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Sagaing and...

Changes in context: Kachin/Shan In Kachin and Shan states, fighting between the government army and ethnic armed groups has escalated during the last quarter of 2016, resulting in civilian...

Last year 574 disasters were reported around the globe and 108 million people have been affected, according to the latest infographic by the Aid & International Development Forum. The vast majority...

H.E. Mr. Tateshi HIGUCHI, Ambassador of Japan to Myanmar, and Chairpersons of the Construction Committees from States and Region concerned signed the grant contracts for four projects today. Under...

16/02/2017 Yangon, Myanmar The UN’s Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) today announced that it has successfully delivered emergency assistance to more than six thousand rural households across...

At times of upheaval, pregnancy-related deaths and sexual violence increase. Reproductive health services—including prenatal care, skilled attendance at birth and emergency obstetric care—are often...

U Maung Chay, a 48-year-old farmer and father of six, lives in one of the poorest, conflict-prone areas of Myanmar - Rakhine State. He is a member of the Muslim community, which has suffered...

2017 Requirements: US$25,105,000 Myanmar is experiencing three protracted humanitarian crises, each with its own set of complex underlying factors. In Rakhine State, inter-communal violence that...

HUMANITARIAN CONTEXT At the beginning of 2016, an estimated 547,000 people were in need of humanitarian assistance in Myanmar. This included about 424,000 vulnerable people in Rakhine and about...

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FOOD SECURITY SNAPSHOT Favourable prospects for 2016/17 early season crops Rice production in 2016 forecast to recover Rice exports in 2016 forecast to decrease Prices of rice have decreased sharply...

NEEDS & KEY FIGURES About 218,000 displaced people, of whom 78 percent are women and children, remain in camps or camp-like situations in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine. This includes 87,000 people in...