FACT SHEET November 2020
NRC’s operations in
Myanmar Ingrid Prestetun/NRC Photo:
Humanitarian overview NRC’s operation
Myanmar continues to experience multiple shocks, both NRC responds to the diverse needs faced by conflict and natural and human-induced. According to UN OCHA, displacement-affected populations in Myanmar through needs in Myanmar are characterised by a complex combi- the delivery of integrated programming and advocacy nation of vulnerabilities to natural disasters, food insecu- to achieve needs-based protection. NRC works with a rity, armed conflict, inter-communal tensions, stateless- range of different local and international partners to ness, systematised discrimination, land appropriation deliver a multi-faceted response that includes emergency and protracted displacement. Around 941,000 people are response to rapid onset needs, the provision of essen- in need of humanitarian assistance in Myanmar. 244,000 tial services to internally displaced people in protracted individuals are internally displaced in Kachin, Shan, Ra- displacement, and contributing to achieving durable khine and Kayin States, of which around 77 per cent are solutions to displacement. women or children.
Myanmar refugees have been displaced across multi- ple borders and seek, or are afforded, different levels of protection depending on their countries of refuge. There are estimated to be over 900,000 Myanmar refugees in Bangladesh. Thailand hosts around 97,000 Myanmar refugees in nine border camps, plus many more hidden and undocumented refugees in addition to economic migrants. Refugees from the Northeast often cross the border into China but, as it does not afford them refugee status, they are periodically returned across the border. NRC Myanmar Established 2008 International staff 20 National staff 386
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Areas of operation Kayin state (Hpa An), Mon state (Thaton), Kayah state (Loikaw), Shan state (Taunggyi and Lashio), Tanintharyi region (Dawei and Myeik), Kachin state (Bhamo), Rakhine state (Sittwe and Maungdaw), East Bago region (Taungoo)
NRC Myanmar Phone: +959400577708 Country Director: Laura Marshall www.nrc.no/myanmar Email: [email protected] Address: 131/E2, 10 Ward, Than Lwin Lane Kamayut Township, Yangon
Camp management • first-phase education response to provide short-term We provide needs-based protection to vulnerable people protection and psychosocial support in camps, informal displacement sites and out-of-camp • formal education systems by helping children access settings through direct camp management and mobile and enrol in local education programmes site management. Our teams: • non-formal education through tailored alternative education activities for out-of-school children • achieve dignified living conditions for vulnerable • youth education and training on vocational and life- people skills to support pathways to enhanced livelihoods, • enhance the protective environment social engagement, and further education and • coodinate access to services and information provi- training sion • strengthen the ability of communities to cope with Information, counselling and legal assistance (ICLA) displacement through community governance ca- We work with communities to ensure that conflict- and pacity building and enhanced communication with displacement-affected populations are able to exercise communities their rights and find lasting solutions to displacement • inform policy and decision-making towards durable through information, counselling, legal assistance, train- solutions to ending displacement ing, research and evidence-based advocacy. Our teams support vulnerable populations to: Education We work with communities to ensure that vulnerable • access and use of legal and civil documentation, conflict- and displacement-affected children and youth such as citizenship cards and birth and marriage benefit from improved access to learning and well-being, certificates and are able to achieve their full potential. Our teams • exercise their housing, land and property rights, support: including through collaborative dispute methodol-
www.nrc.no ogies • provide cash assistance through cash-for-work or • improve their access to essential services and liveli- unconditional cash hoods during displacement
Livelihoods Protection We build conflict and displacement-affected populations’ We will improve the physical, psychological and emo- capacity for self-reliance and phase-out dependence on tional well-being of conflict- and displacement-affected humanitarian assistance and negative coping mecha- populations in Myanmar. Our teams: nisms through: • conduct protection monitoring and analysis of pro- • technical and business training tection risks, needs and trends to inform the wider • coaching, mentoring, and cash grants for business humanitarian response start-ups and farming re-starts • provide case management to address individual • supporting savings groups protection needs through the provision of ad-hoc assistance, psychological first aid, information and Shelter and settlements referral to specialised service providers We ensure that target populations have physical safety, • support other core competencies to strengthen their protection of their rights and pathways to durable solu- safe programming standards through supporting tions. Our teams: protection risk assessments and capacity building initiatives • provide shelter repair and construction to improve • conduct field-research to inform evidence-based living conditions, reduce negative coping mecha- advocacy and policy, coordination and collaboration nisms and allow households to meet other priorities • support access to essential household items to meet crucial needs and allow for the resumption of day- to-day activities • improve access to infrastructure to improve access to basic services and livelihood opportunities • improve access to safe learning environments to reduce barriers of accessing education
NRC Myanmar is grateful for the generous support from our donors:
Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund OCHA’s Myanmar Humanitarian Fund (MHF) Royal Norwegian Embassy of Myanmar OFDA Office of Foreign Disaster Assistance (USAID) Mobile for Humanitarian Innovation Fund (GSMA) Humanitarian and Resilience Fund (HARP-DFID)
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