Myanmar (Burma)

ACT’s joint programme for Myanmar’s Kayin State was warmly welcomed at its launch in 2016. The Director of the Kayin State Department of Social Welfare emphasized the need to support [...]

Bay Thay Hla village is located in Kasap Village Tract, Kyarinseikgyi Township in Kayin State, about two hours driving time from Kyarinseikgyi. The main livelihood of the 41 households in [...]

The Ohn Shit Gone village located in Sin Bin Gyi Village Tract, Thandaunggyi Township in Kayin State is home to 125 households. Their main livelihood is horticulture, with long-term plan­tations. [...]

The Ywar Kaing Kaung village is located in the Hlaingbwe Township, Kayin State, Myanmar. There are over 218 households in the village, most of whom subsist on agriculture, animal husbandry, [...]

Hpar Pun village is in the Ka Mawt Ka Chu Village Tract of the Hlaingbwe Township in Myanmar’s Kayin State. It is home to 222 households, living mainly on agriculture [...]

Pat Kyaw village is located in the Hlaingbwe Township in Kayin State. The main livelihoods of its 384 households are agriculture, poultry and rice farming. Most villagers are Poe Karen [...]

This article originally appeared on the Church World Service blog.  The barbershop we visited in Myanmar. Photo: CWS By Marvin Pannell, CWS Myanmar Country Representative You may have heard about [...]

Since responding to the devastating earthquake in Kashmir in 2005, Community World Service Asia has assumed a leadership role among aid organizations in Asia and has initiated and supported the [...]

A new grant from UNICEF of USD 175.903 will enable DCA to conduct capacity building of national authorities for the effective coordination and delivery of Mine Risk Education (MRE) interventions [...]

After 60 years of isolation and armed conflict, Myanmar has embarked in a historic process of democratic and economic reform. However, according to UN women, one half of women are still out of the workforce.  The Rakhine state in the west part of Myanmar has a long history of settlements and migration. It is one […]

Let’s no forget: locally-led response & Preventing and Mitigating Risks are REQUIRED for a Safer World   At the World Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction in Sendai last year, ACT Alliance committed: To raise DRR awareness at the grassroots level by influencing local leadership and educating community members ACT Alliance has a strong track record on […]

ACT Alliance builds the capacity of local communities through an EU initiative. Lives can be saved if people in local communities know what to do before, during and after a disaster. This is why today (18 February 2018) ACT Alliance, in cooperation with European Universities and with the support of the EU Aid Volunteers initiative, […]

CYCLONE SURVIVOR TOOK PART IN EMERGENCY RESPONSE Maung Phyu Hla is currently working as an Assistant Education Officer for ACT Alliance member LWF in Rakhine State, Myanmar. When Cyclone Komen hit the region last year, he actively took part in the emergency response team of LWF even though his family was severely affected by the […]

MYANMAR FLOODS: CROPS DESTROYED, LIVESTOCK LOST U Kyaw Thein, 61, lives a simple life in the quiet Bauk Ywar village, located in Mrauk-U Township, Rakhine State. He has engaged in subsistence farming to support his family, planting rice in the wet season, and alternating it with maize during the dry season. Click on the picture […]

A woman carries her child from their half-submerged house in Nyaung Tone, Ayeyarwaddy Delta, about 60 miles southwest of Yangon, Myanmar. Friendly nations and international relief organizations are mobilizing to give disaster assistance to Myanmar, where 69 people have died and another 260,000 been affected by widespread flooding fed by more than a month of […]