Myanmar - Humanitarian Response to the Rohingya Crisis - HOPE 2021

March 2021 – A complex combination of vulnerability to armed conflict inter-communal tension protracted displacement and food insecurity characterizes the humanitarian situation in Myanmar. An estimated one million crisis-affected people require humanitarian assistance this year including more than 336 000 displaced people across the country. Humanitarian organizations operate in an increasingly complex environment including as a result of the recent military coup. With GAC’s support HOPE International Development Agency and its local partner Metta Development Foundation support cash programming health and nutrition and access to gender-based violence and sexual and reproductive health for internally displaced persons (IDPs) living in Kachin State Myanmar. Project activities include: (1) distributing multi-purpose cash grants to former IDPs returning to their homes including in support of supplementary feeding for children; (2) providing vocational and technical livelihood training to survivors of gender-based violence; and (3) facilitating comprehensive sexual and reproductive health and rights (SRHR) training for IDPs.

The expected outcomes for this project include: (1) increased use of gender-responsive assistance by IDPs in Kachin State particularly women and girls; and (2) enhanced use and provision of gender-responsive SRHR and sexual and gender-based violence prevention and support tools by IDPs in Kachin State particularly women and girls. The expected ultimate outcome is lives saved suffering alleviated and human dignity maintained in communities experiencing humanitarian crises or that are food insecure.