Emergency Response in Kachin and Shan - Oxfam Canada 2013

March 2013 - Despite the recent positive political developments in Burma the humanitarian situation in many border areas of the country remains very difficult. Since June 2011 between 75 000-100 000 people (chiefly women and children) have been displaced due to the conflict and are living in makeshift camps in Kachin and Shan States. With CIDA support Oxfam Canada is addressing the basic needs of conflict-affected internally displaced people living in displacement camps in Kachin and Northern Shan states. Project activities include: providing hygiene kits and training on hygiene practices; distributing water storage containers; supporting water systems during the dry season; and providing livelihoods training and cash grants to selected displaced people to meet their basic needs with a focus on women living in the camps.

Expected outputs include: provision of livelihoods training and cash grants to 2 750 displaced households (11 350 people) to meet their basic needs; provision of hygiene kits hygiene training water storage containers to 3 680 displaced households (15 535 people); and provision of camp water systems during the dry season benefitting 15 535 displaced people. The expected intermediate outcome is the reduced vulnerability of crisis-affected people especially women and children.