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Annual Report 2015 Contents

Fundamental Principles ...... 2

2015 Year in Review ...... 3

Myanmar Red Cross Society (Headquarter Office Structure)

Executive Summary ...... 4

Building Healthier and Resilient Communities in Myanmar .. 5

Preparedness and Response to Disasters ...... 37

Humanitarian Services ...... 61

Humanitarian Values and Communications ...... 65

Strengthening the National Society ...... 66

Finances ...... 70 2 2 3

2015 Year In Review

Myanmar Red Cross Society is guided by a 5 years’ strategic plan (2011-2015) with the vision of - the MRCS to be the leading humanitarian organiza on throughout Myanmar working with and for the most vulnerable at all mes. Some of the key direc ons of the strategy include

• To Focus on 2015 objec ves/ inten ons/ plans • What new things/ be er things happen in 2015 • What achievements (Special) • Overall successes/ challenges/ issues. • To strengthen the image of MRCS in the country • To strengthen volunteer management systems and prac ces • To gradually evolve into a decentralized organiza on • To promote and disseminate humanitarian values and the Interna onal Humanitarian Law.

This report describes how Myanmar Red Cross Society is trying to fulfi ll the objec ves of the Stra- tegic Plan accordingly. Myanmar Red Cross Society also have inten on to extend future eff ec ve humanitarian interven ons to promote communi es’ resilience through integrated community based ini a ves, promo ng humanitarian values by network of volunteers, staff and members.

Myanmar Red Cross Society Headquarter Oﬃ ce Structure

Deputy Secretary General Deputy Secretary General (Program) (Support)

Disaster Management Department Administration Department First Aid and Safety Services Kit Shop Department

Health Department Finance Department

Humanitarian Values and Human Resources Communication Department Department Restoring Family Links International Relations Department Department Organizational Development Logistics Department Department Resources Mobilization South East Myanmar Project Department Community Safety and PMER Unit Resilience Project

Administrative Line 4

Execu ve Summary

Myanmar Red Cross Society is guided by a 5 years’ strategic plan (2011-2015) with the vision of - the MRCS to be the leading humanitarian organiza on throughout Myanmar working with, and for the most vulnerable at all mes. Some of the key direc ons of the strategy include.

• to disseminate the beneﬁ ts of • to provide vulnerable people with community based program to all quality services in core areas of ﬁ rst aid and stakeholders; safety services, health and care, disaster management, organiza onal development and hu- • to revise the MRCS Act according to manitarian values with resilience approach; the country’s new cons tu on; • to promote and disseminate human- • to strengthen the image of MRCS in itarian values and the Interna onal Humani- the country; tarian Law.

• to strengthen volunteer management systems and prac ces;

• to gradually evolve into a decentralized organiza on; 5

BUILDING HEALTHIER AND RESILIENT COMMUNITIES IN MYANMAR Myanmar Red Cross Society Strategic Goal 1; As Myanmar is a developing country, there are diffi cul es for the communi es to reach and Reduce deaths, illnesses, injuries and impact access services that are available. Townships from disasters, confl icts and other situa ons are also in need of health knowledge, services of violence, emerging and re-emerging diseas- and opportuni es. MRCS has been imple- es and public health emergencies. men ng a wide range of ac vi es in line with the objec ves and goals of the Ministry of Community Safety and Resilience Health. In 2015, the MRCS has implemented 16 diff erent community based projects/ pro- In Mon State and Bago Region, in January grams in priori zed areas based on the results 2013, with the support of IFRC, MRCS ini ated of assessments conducted for understanding the community–based approach to increase needs of the community, capacity of the Red community safety and resilience (Disaster Risk Cross branch offi ce, local community par ci- Reduc on, Health, Water and Sanita on and pa on, and guidance from the Township Exec- improve household’s economic condi on and u ve Commi ee members. livelihood) in order that it will be more cost- First Aid is a core func on of MRCS ac vi es eff ec ve as well as sustainable in contribu on. as well as Ambulance, and Safety Services to This also included organiza onal and volun- provide be er services and increase numbers teer development component so that it will be of people with First Aid skills throughout the be er structured and organized at all levels to country. deliver quality community-based services to the vulnerable people in Myanmar.

Key issues in the Mon state and Bago region during the repor ng period:

The Community Safety and Resilience (CSR) program was late in implementa on for Bago Region because coordina on with other departments needed some me as they also had their own objec ves and plans for ac on. Unfortunately, a er achieving good collabora- on from the other departments, MRCS s ll could not start implementa on of the CSR project as Bago region was part of the na onal level ﬂ ooding disaster.

Achievement against Target

• In Nov 2015 , pilot tes ng of the Integrated Community Assessment for Building Resilience (ICABR) guidance document was completed in Bago • Final Evalua on for Mon State is ongoing 6

• This program was able to contribute • 3 First Aid Instructor training sessions Health kits (Mosquito net, Advance for school teachers and RCVs, and First Aid Kits and Hygiene Kits) to com- 18 sessions of Basic First Aid (BFA) muni es of the ten villages of Bago mul pliers. A total of 106 instructors Region. and 540 par cipants received fi rst aid • CSR program conducted Basic First Aid knowledge and skills in 2015. Training in 10 villages as an entry point, and also conducted Mul sector Asse- • The World First Aid Day Ceremony and ssment Training. First Aid Skills Quiz Compe on were held with the support of JRCS. Budget and expenditure analysis for 2015 • There was par al support from JRCS towards the human resources capacity of FASS Department. Annual approved budget 44,539,391/-MMK • First aid policy booklets and booklets Actually expenditure 39,390,173/- MMK for basic fi rst aid training were reprint- ed. First aid vinyl posters were pro- Expenditure to date as % 68% duced for the trainings. Other infor- of annual budget ma on, educa on and communica- on materials, baby manikins and Community Based Health and teaching aids such as triangular First Aid Projects bandages and fi rst aid kits, also funded by JRCS, were distributed in With the support of the Japanese Red Cross fi rst aid trainings conducted at the Society (JRCS) through the Interna onal Fed- MRCS branches. Cer fi cates were also era on of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societ- printed and distributed. ies (IFRC), MRCS implemented the following ac vi es in 2015: 7

This repor ng period also saw the applica on The ability of RCVs and community volunteers of fi rst aid skills in all States and Regions by (trained previously in fi rst aid), to use their trained Red Cross Volunteers (RCVs) and com- skills for the benefi t of people in need during munity volunteers in response to casual es the recent fl ood opera ons, has illustrated the and other needs of communi es. MRCS is s ll importance of fi rst aid knowledge and helped the only humanitarian organiza on conduct- to advance the image of MRCS among the lo- ing fi rst aid training at community grassroots cal popula on and authori es. level. In areas where health infrastructure is weak or non-existent, trained volunteers are Financial situa on available to carry out interven ons, conduct community awareness and refer cases to the The pledge received was CHF 81,524. A total of nearest government health services. CHF 81,246 has been spent during the report- The volunteers in the 330 branches are also the ing period (amoun ng to about 99.7 per cent fi rst responders to all emergencies, especially expenditure of the pledge). for confl ict areas. RCVs from other States and Regions were deployed to Rakhine, to assist the Rakhine volunteers with the Na onal Soci- 3%2% ety’s emergency response to the confl ict situa- 4% 6% on. The assistance provided by the volunteers Workshops and training included fi rst aid and psychosocial support, as Personnel well as distribu on of relief items including 16% General expenditure drinking water to communi es in evacua on Indirect Costs Relief items, construc on centers in four townships of Rakhine. and supplies In addi on, RCVs also provided fi rst aid and 49% Pledge specifi c costs psychosocial support, as well as health edu- 21% Logis cs, transport and ca on, ambulance service and distribu on of storage items such as small fi rst aid kits, vinyl posters for fi rst aid measures and accident preven on to the aff ected communi es from Lucia (Shan Number of people reached North), based in IDP camps. Most of the RCVs have done humanitarian fi rst aid ac vi es During this repor ng period, a total of 26,127 during the recent fl oods opera on in 2015. (male 10,963 and female 15,165) people benefi ted from the First Aid and Safety Services (FASS) program ac vi es, both directly and indirectly. 8

Gender and equity

Equal opportunity is provided to men and life me risk of death for pregnant women 1 in women to par cipate in various fi rst aid train- 180. The health assistant to popula on ra o ing opportuni es, with Red Cross township is 1:21,822 and the midwife popula on ra on branches being reminded to ensure that fe- is 1:41,447 in rural, remote and border areas. male volunteers are to be encouraged more. As a result, children and women in such areas During this repor ng period, a signifi cant and those from poorer families tend to have percentage of women par cipa on had been substan ally worse health and survival out- observed, as illustrated in the chart below. comes.1 Through its na onwide network of volunteers, The Myanmar Red Cross Society distributes the MRCS will promote humanitarian values social and relief support through extensive and community based ini a ves in health and networks of community based Red Cross Vol- care, and disaster management to improve the unteers throughout Myanmar. It works to build lives of the most vulnerable. up a healthier and safer environment for the Myanmar Health Care System con nues to people of Myanmar, giving priority to the most grapple with signifi cant problems in terms of vulnerable communi es and individuals. Fo- access, quality, human resources, manage- cusing on vulnerability as the primary mission, ment and organiza on. Many health facili es MRCS’s main responsibility lies in implement- lack basic equipment and supplies, and do ing humanitarian ac vi es to alleviate human not have suffi cient and/ or appropriate health suff ering through promo ng health, prevent- staff . The levels of public expenditure on health ing diseases and providing help to those in dis- services are very low. Public expenditure on tress. MRCS has prac ced in the areas of pro- health per capita is 2.3 percent of GDP (2014). tec on including traffi cking, tracing and family There is less focus on preven on and private reunifi ca on of returned traffi cking survivors sectors put higher emphasis to cura ve care and former child soldiers. for genera ng more income. Offi cial sta s cs claim that access to improved WASH services stands at 82.3% and 76% respec vely [JMP - update 2014]. However, the WASH Thema c Cluster represented by the Environmental Sanita on Division of the Ministry of Health stated that the Na onal coverage of access to water is 52% and sanita- on is 35% in rural areas. The access to water through improved sources varies across states and divisions in Myanmar with only 4.1% of Myanmar households having water piped into their dwellings. The most common sources of drinking water in Myanmar are: tube wells or deeper boreholes (31.5%); and protected wells (17.6%) but 20.9% of the popula on s ll use unprotected wells.

According to the UNDP’s Myanmar Annual Report 2015, the country’s under-5 and in- fant mortality rates are the highest among ASEAN countries and many of these deaths are preventable. In Myanmar the number of 1. h p://www.undp.org/content/dam/undp/library/MDG/ english/ midwives per 1,000 live births is 9, and the MDG%20country%20Reports/Myanmar/Thema c-Analysis-2015 -for-Myanmar.pdf 9

Program Overview of Health

During the report periods, the Health De- volunteers regularly went not only on house- partment of MRCS successfully implemented hold visits to off er home based care and to 14 program/ projects in Myanmar, reaching share small group ac vi es, but also monitor- 7 States, 7 Regions and Nay Pyi Taw Council. ing, and evalua on (M&E) fi eld visits to moni- The target areas are: Kachin, Kayar, Kayin, tor the community needs and progress. Chin, Mon, Rakhine, Shan (South, North, East- For long term sustainable approaches, the pro- ern) States; and, Tanyintharyi, Yangon, Ayeyar- gram/ projects are further supported by Cash wady, Bago, Mandalay, Sagaing and Magway Grants, so that they can undertake Communi- Regions. The en re programs are based on ty Ini ated Ac vi es (CIA), provide Revolving MRCS Strategic Plan 2011-2015 that is aligned fund/ Seed Fund to the vulnerable communi- with the Strategy 2020 of the Interna ones, and new Branch Offi ces built as needed al Federa on of Red Cross and Red Crescent to support Branch Development. To promote Socie es (IFRC). community safety and resilience, cyclone shel- All Community-based Health and Maternal, ters were built, DRR training conducted and New – born and Child health, Malaria, Tuber- emergency response materials and health sup- culosis, First Aid, Resilience, WatSan and Disas- por ng materials were distributed. In conclu- ter Relief & Rehabilita on (DRR) projects aim sion, the Health Department of MRCS eff ec ve to reduce deaths, illnesses, injuries and impact assumed a leadership role with this program/ from disasters, confl icts and other situa ons projects and at the same me increased the of violence, emerging and re-emerging diseas- services of community based Health and First es and public health emergencies in Myanmar Aid ac on to reach to the grassroots levels of for vulnerable communi es who o en face the rural areas. several adverse eff ects. To support these re- quirements of the communi es, the Health Department of MRCS leads in the implementa ons. Funds were received from partner donors such as IFRC, ICRC, Korea Red Cross, Singapore Red Cross, Australia Red Cross, Chi- na Red Cross, Swedish Red Cross, Finnish Red Cross, Danish Red Cross, EU, UNOPS (Global Fund), UNFPA and other local Business Com- panies in Myanmar. Humanity According to MRCS strategic goal 1, the pro- The Interna onal Red Cross and gram/ projects are strengthened by collabo- Red Crescent Movement, born of a desire rated advocacy with all partners and the key to bring assistance without discrimina on to the wounded on the ba lefi eld, endeavours, stakeholders in the beginning of the program in its interna onal and na onal capacity, to prevent for sustainability in communi es. Unity is and alleviate human suff ering wherever it may be found. Its purpose is to protect life and health mobilized through forma on of Village Health and to ensure respect for the human being. Commi ee, Water and Sanita on Commi ee, It promotes mutual understanding, friendship, coopera on and School Commi ee and then Mother Club etc, las ng peace amongst and these groups are trained to increase their all peoples. capacity in management. Eff ec ve awareness is promoted through several health educa on topics/sessions to make them understand and change behaviors and also be able to protect their families. Capacity building trainings are provided to be er support the vulnerable Impartiality communi es. Program Staff s and Red Cross The Interna onal Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement makes no discrimina on as to na onality, race,religious beliefs, class or poli cal opinions. It endeavours to relieve the suff ering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress. 10

Community Based Health and First Aid in Ac on Program

The Community-Based Health and First Aid Communi es were selected due to their vul- (CBHFA) programme of the Myanmar Red nerabili es, based on criteria such as less ex- Cross Society was launched in 2011. Fund- is ng support from local health services, inac- ing for the programme through the Swedish cessibility to health services, and lack of health Red Cross (SRC) began in January 2012. The knowledge and commitment of the communi- programme is also based on the Myanmar ty. The main program ac vi es during the re- Red Cross Society’s Strategic Plan 2011-2015, por ng period were capacity building to town- which in turn is aligned with IFRC’s Strategy ship and community volunteers, construc on 2020. of branch building, income genera on support The goal of the program is to reduce the mor- for Red Cross branch, distribu on of latrine tality and morbidity of priority communica- pans and pipes, treated mosquito nets or LLIN, ble diseases in the community with focus rubber boots, small fi rst aid kits , advance First on women and children; impact from public Aid kits, Life Straw water fi lter for school, re- health emergencies and disasters; and to pro- habilita on of water sources, construc on of mote health and sanita on and disaster risk double-unit school latrine, construc on of rain reduc on (DRR) by improving capacity of com- water collec on tank, bridge construc on for munity and Red Cross Branches. The overall DRR ac vity and especially conduc ng health goal will be achieved through the following educa on sessions in both school and com- outcomes: munity, environmental clean-up ac vi es, re- 1. The capacity of communi es to build ducing vector breeding sites and referral sys- a safer, healthier and more resilient tems by Red Cross Volunteers (RCVs). All the community is improved through com- ac vi es concerned were implemented by munity based health, water and sani- community volunteers and the community ta on and disaster risk reduc on ac - themselves with technical support from MRCS vi es, and project staff , branch Red Cross volunteers and 2. MRCS capacity to manage the eff ec ve IFRC. implementa on of the CBHFA program as entry point to strengthening community resilience is increased at all levels.

Project Period: June, 2014 to Dec, 2016

Project Area: Mongphayk, Ywarngan, Paukkhaung, Twantay, Dala

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 76782 (37477 Male, 39305 Female)

Supported by: IFRC (Swedish Red Cross) 11

Key Accomplishments

Health educa on topics during household vis- During the repor ng period, WATSAN ac on its and diseases preven on ac vi es,covered groups mobilized their community to imple- 85,719 popula on during 2015. ment water and sanita on ac vi es with the During repor ng period, the program pro- contribu on of pond and well cleaning, drain vided health supplies items of mosquito nets cleaning & upgrading and village cleaning up. (7,373 Nos), ORS (1,863 Nos), Rubber Boots A total of 8,132. Community volunteer and (331 Nos) and Latrine Pan & Pipe (68 Set). community member were involved in that ac- First Aid topics during household visits cov- vity. ered 3,161 popula on. During this repor ng period, CBHFA commu- Community volunteers promoted good hy- nity volunteers covered 196 households with giene prac ces through health educa on at 340 people (male: 177, female: 163) with di- the schools as a part of the volunteers’ ac v- saster risk educa on on fi re, storm and fl ood i es. Community tools such as cue cards are topics on based on fi nding of the community used during these educa on sessions. Health assessment. educa on topics were in line with the health issues priori zed by the respec ve communi- es during the community needs assessments conducted in the ini al stages of the program. Number of students who received knowledge on Hygiene Promo on was 5,339.

Community Ini a ve Ac vi es Coverage 12

Financial Contribu on

Ac ve Volunteer Par cipa ng in CBHFA Program 13

Strength

 Active participation of volunteers in program  Effective trainings given to the Staffs, Opportunity Facilitators and Volunteers  Extended (Expanded) the Township Team  Active participation in program by the Structure community  Implementing the integrated approach with SWOT  Getting capacity building trainings by the the other departments of MRCS in program. other sectors of MRCS  Implementing with the effective and Analysis  Receiving appreciation and support from the appropriate tools kits and guide line in Local Government Authority program  Setup of revolving fund for the branch and community

Weakness

 Drop out of facilitators and staffs  Delay in inancial operational procedure for Threats cash transfer  Township volunteers’ low educational level  Less active participation of the township and low socioeconomic status CBHFA committee in some townships.  Duration of program implementation not long enough to achieve program sustainability

Key Accomplishments

The CBHFA in ac on project in Loikaw and renova on of branch building in Loikaw, con- Demawso townships, Kayar state, which be- struc on of school latrines, construc on/ gun in June 2013, was implemented by MRCS rehabilita on of water sources, provision of and supported by the Finnish Red Cross household-to-household health educa on de- through IFRC. The project supported vulnera- pending on prevailing health problems, and ble communi es in 20 villages. The communi- hygiene promo on targe ng both the general ty took a leading role to build a safer, healthier community and schools, in those two town- and more resilient community by carrying out ships. On the other hand program support dis- various community-based ac vi es to address tribu on of Informa on Educa on and Com- their specifi c needs iden fi ed through communica on (IEC) material, Life-straw water munity assessment. fi lters and hygiene kits for students.

During the repor ng period, the CBHFA program achieved community-ini ated ac vi- es such as carrying out a series of hands-on training and workshop, Red Cross branch of- ﬁ ce building construc on in Demawso and 14

Key Accomplishments

These were achieved through communi- One main commi ee was set up in each vil- ty-based health ac vi es which included car- lage with a total of 320 commi ee mem- rying out health educa on sessions for pri- bers (209 Male and 111 Female). Under the ori zed health problems, through household main commi ee, there are four sub-commit- visits and small group discussions. tees with alloca on of key responsibili es in WatSan, health promo on, disaster preven- The 2,318 number of people and 1,098 house- on and risk reduc on and fi rst aid ac vi es. hold reached by health educa on. The key responsibili es of those commi ees are to prepare community plans of ac on and To build capacity, Maternal New Born and work with communi es to ini ate their own Child Health (MNCH) training for facilitators ac vi es at the village level. In addi on, the and volunteer leaders was conducted on May, commi ee members were managing well the 2015 in Loikaw and Demawso by the Ministry seed fund by organizing the self-help group. of Health and Sports (MoHS) trainers. 52 Par- The above-men oned CBHFA commi ees ac- cipants a ended in the training. BFA training vely supported the CBHFA ac vi es during for newly recruited volunteers was conducted the repor ng period, such as water and san- on July, 2015 in Loikaw and Demawso Town- ita on (WATSAN) hardware construc on in ship. 199 par cipants a ended in this training. both townships. Ac vi es included construc- Community-ini ated ac vi es such as wa- on of branch buildings, fencing of the branch ter pumping and connec ng pipe lines, con- building, rehabilita on of water sources (two nec ng gravity fl ow pipe lines, fencing and mes), construc on of two units of school la- renova on of dug wells, deep tube well and trine units (three mes), construc on of wa- construc on of concrete water storage tank ter pipe connec on (two mes), digging deep and two-unit school latrines, were organized tube well and construc on of (5,000 gallons) during the period. Up-taking of safe drinking concrete water storage tank (three mes), water was re-enforced to local people as part construc on of (2,500 gallons) concrete water of the eff ort to change their behavior towards storage tanks (two mes) and excava on of be er health prac ces. digging water earth line (two mes). SHG (Self-help Group) Development training was conducted on Oct 2015 in Loikaw In addi on, they also organized a commemo- and Demawsoe Townships to support seed ra on of World Red Cross Day, World First Aid fund (Five hundred thousand for each vil- Day and Global Hand Washing Day in this re- lage). 45 Par cipants (25 male and 20 female) por ng period as part of the township branch a ended in that training. During the train- development ac vity. ing, the par cipants were trained on how to organize the self-help group, fi nancial man- Lesson Learned agement, mobilizing fund and repor ng process through group works, exercises, presen- One me advocacy is not suffi cient at town- ta on and experience sharing process. ship level because of changing of the township CBHFA commi ee members. We need to Training on Social Mobiliza on and Leadership disseminate informa on about the ac vi es was conducted in Loikaw in December 2015. soon a er commi ee members changed. 81 Par cipants (40 Male and 41 Female) at- If regular coordina on mee ng with the local tended the training. During the training, the authori es and other humanitarian organiza- trainer conducted theore cal and hands-on ons cannot happen, ac vity overlapping will experiences on the topics of development exist. concept, social mobiliza on, communica on and advocacy. 15

Financial Status

The total pledge received was Euro 139,000, • No major incident occurred in target equivalent to CHF 168,145. A total of CHF areas during the repor ng period. An 140,800 was spent, leaving a balance of CHF early start of monsoon season caused 27,345 (84 percent u liza on). The varia on delays in the project implementa on. between budget and expenditure was due to • The township medical offi cers (TMOs), the delay in implementa on caused by the who are the chair of the health com- high turnover of skilled staff at each level of mi ee from Loikaw and Demawso so the project (both at fi eld and headquarter are very busy with their Department levels). There is long acqui al process to be of Health work. Therefore they didn’t able to have real- me checks and balances of have much me to support in program budget expenditures versus ac vity level in implementa on. the fi eld, hampering Working Advance (WA) • A high turnover of staff and volunteers requests for ac vi es. caused delays, resul ng in the project lagging behind the planned schedule. Key Issues While there were no turnover of facilitators, the number of facilitators were • There is only one MRCS WATSAN en- not enough, leading to delays, result- gineer to give technical support to all ing in the project lagging behind the seven CBHFA townships in fi ve states planned schedule. and regions. Due to the spread-out of geographical loca ons, one WATSAN focal person alone may be inadequate in keeping up with the ac vi es such as conduc ng trainings and ensuring quality construc on. 16

I am Mr.Aung Thu Zin, CBHFA volunteer lead- It took only 15 minutes after the ingestion of er from Zee Gone village, Pauk Khaung town- the insecticide for the RCVs to arrive at the ship, Bago Region. Since June 2014, the scene and they induced vomiting by inserting CBHFA program started in our village and (30) the  nger into her mouth, urged her to drink members volunteers are actively participating a large amount of water and put her in safe in Health Education and  rst aid care activi- sideway position. ties for our community development. As our village’s main economy is agriculture, there is We referred her to Pauk Khaung General Hos- plentiful use of insecticide. Daw Mu Mu Sein, pital and conferred to TMO. TMO said the pa- (46) years, who was mentally impaired and tient is safe due to timely referred. Daw Mu Mu lived with her old mother took insecticide on Sein stayed in the hospital for 5 Days and now 19, November, 2015 at 4:00 PM. she is working normally. After that incidence, some households in our village that had been Her mother noticed as soon as she had drank dif cult to organize before, participated and the insecticide, and called her neighbor RCV. some of their family members take part in our The RCV immediately went to patient and also team. Now our movement has become strong phoned to other 4 RCVs. and accelerated. It is also an opportunity to succeed the CBHFA program.

Impartiality

The Interna onal Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement makes no discrimina on as to na onality, race, religious beliefs, class or poli cal opinions. It endeavours to relieve the suﬀ ering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress. 17

Community Based Programme for Ma- laria Preven on

MRCS/ UNOPS Malaria Preven on Program The completed key ac vi es in 2015 are; contributes to the goal of malaria control in Myanmar: 1) LLINs Distribu on in 11 townships 2) Central ToT on Malaria Case Manage- ''To reduce malaria morbidity at least ment, Preven on and Control 50% and malaria mortality at least 50% by 2015 (baseline 2007 data), and contributes towards 3) Advocacy Mee ngs at township level socio-economic development and the Millenni- 4) Township RCVs Trainings in 11 um Development Goal''. townships 5) Follow up Training of Central ToT The program is implemen ng with three ob- 6) Quarterly Coordina on Mee ngs at jec ves which are : township level 7) Quarterly Volunteer Review Mee ng (1) Prevent malaria using Long Las ng In- and Refresher Trainings for Case sec cidal Nets (LLINs) and insec cide- Management RCVs in 11 townships treated nets (ITNs) in high and mode- 8) Annual Review Mee ng rate risk villages in 11 townships 9) Capacity Development/ Building Training (2) Strengthen community based malaria 10) Malaria Case Management ac vity in control ac vi es, and selected 170 villages 11) Health Educa on Sessions by RCVs (3) Strengthen technical and administra- and ﬁ eld staﬀ s ve management capacity for malaria 12) Supervision and Monitoring visit control at all levels. (Headquarter, State and Township level)

Project Period: June, 2013 to May, 2016

Project Area: Loikaw, Demawso Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 10,775 (5,300 Male and 5,475 Female)

Supported by: IFRC and Finnish Red Cross 18

Achievements against Target (Indicators)

% of No. Ac vity Target Achievement Achievement Number of LLINs distributed to at-risk 1 87500 87378 99.9% popula ons through mass campaigns Number of RCVs trained and supported for 2 670 638 95% malaria preven on and control Number of RCVs trained and supported for 3 170 178 105% malaria preven on and case management Number of health staﬀ trained/retrained 4 (MRCS ﬁ eld assistants) for malaria 26 24 92% preven on and control Number of suppor ve supervision and rou- 5 10 9 90% ne monitoring visits by central level Number of suppor ve supervision and rou- 6 40 62 155% ne monitoring visits by state level Number of suppor ve supervision and rou- 7 1320 1345 102% ne monitoring visits by township level Key Issues

• Transporta on diffi cul es for LLINs • There was lack of community interest distribu on and supervision visits to to par cipate in HE Sessions in some the hard to reach villages during the villages rainy season were encountered due to • Frequent staff turnovers and prolonged destroyed, muddy, slippery country vacant staff posi ons at some townships roads also caused diffi cul es to a certain • Not ge ng exact number of house- extent in the implementa on of the hold and popula on in advance from program, repor ng, monitoring some project villages caused const- and supervision at the respec ve raints during LLINs distribu on at the townships respec ve villages • In recruitment of staff s, highly qualifi ed • Diffi cult communica on with some and experienced staff s could not be hard to reach project villages from available due to the limited resource the townships was also an opera onal and applicants challenge • There was risk of the an -malaria • Security concern was also present in drugs expiring at some villages some townships for the program where Malaria case detec on was staff s to go for monitoring and very few. Regular case inves ga on super vision visits more frequently with RDTs were done by RCVs and • Diffi cult to mobilize the community to expiring of the drugs was inevitably do Health Educa on Sessions in some encountered though the project tried project villages due to absence of to avoid that as much as possible RCVs and villagers at the villages • Stock out of an -malaria drugs espe- especially during the cul va on cially Chloroquine (CQ) also occurred seasons due to the shortage of supplies 19

• Carbon-less report from RCVs of hard- Frequent staff turnovers and pro- to-reach villages could not arrive in longed vacancies of some posi ons especially me due to transporta on and com- at fi eld level. munica on diffi cul es. Number of training a endants was less than the intended number of a endants. Lessons learned Actual accommoda on and travel charges were less than the budgeted allowance in the trainings, mee ngs and supervi- • Recruitment of staff with less qualifi ca- sion visits. on (when there was no available Coordina on Mee ng between MRCS applicant or candidates for the respec- and UNOPS was done o en to review and re- ve posi on) caused constraint in vise ac on plan accordingly (such as revised program implementa on and burden ac vi es, procurement of offi ce furniture) to other staff s. • Because of frequent staff turnovers, the remaining staff s (mainly program Community Feedback staff s) have to learn and be able to do mul tasking such as fi nance, logis cs, • Community like and use the LLINs stocks, administra ve and M&E issues distributed from MRCS/UNOPS etc. malaria preven on program. • More LLINs are needed in such kind of Coordina on and Coopera on villages with large number of popula- on and households and for replace- • Good coordina on and coopera on ment of destroyed LLINs. with State Health Department, State • Habit of sleeping under bed nets had VBDC team and State Red Cross Supervi- increased sory Commi ee, Township Health De- • Knowledge regarding malaria preven- partment, Township Red Cross Brigade on and personal protec on increased. especially 2ICs. • Be er awareness of early diagnosis (e.g. regular repor ng verbally or and proper treatment of Malaria. submi ng hard copies, doing • Be er awareness of image of coordina on mee ngs for respec ve Myanmar Red Cross Society. ac vi es, regular a endance to Coordina on Mee ngs done by Na onal TB control program State VBDC team) • Good coordina on and coopera on Community Based TB care was implemented with Township stakeholders, village by MRCS and in collabora on with Na onal TB leaders (e.g. quarterly coordina on Control Program since 2011 un l now. There mee ngs at township level to maintain are 19 target townships in which 20 trained the con nuous coordina on and com- RCVs were contribu ng in each township. The munica on with stakeholder in plan- main objec ves are 1- To get involvement of ning and implementa on of program Red Cross volunteers in TB control ac vi es, ac vi es. 2-To improve early case fi nding, early diagnosis and treatment, 3-To increase TB awareness Financial Status in community through HE sessions, and, 4- To support the Basic health staff s. According to the Six Monthly Financial Reports, although all program ac vi es had been done as per work plan, budget u liza on for 2015 was 69% because of the following reasons; 20

Achievements against target A er health educa on sessions, their fear decreased and become easily acceptable to- In 2015, the achievements of RCVs’ contribu- wards doing inves ga ons if they have signs ons on na onal TB control Program are as and symptoms of TB. So, household visit to TB following family and community health educa on sessions are more eﬀ ec ve to get the right infor- • Trained 380 RCVs in 19 townships and ma on and suspected TB case referrals. 268 are repor ng. (70.5%). • Total no. of TB suspects referred from Financial Status community by RCVs were 778, and among them 115 cases were having Annual es mate budget for 19 townships for an -TB treatment. 2015 is MMK 96,000,000 (ninety six million • Total no. of presump ve TB referred kyats) for diagnosis among family members of TB pa ents are 20 and 2 are having treatment. • Total number of par cipants in awareness raising is 39,738.

Key issues

• HR issue; drop out 112/ 380 volunteers • Weakness in advocacy • Compe on with other working groups • In some township, the X-ray machine has problems. So, if the client need X-ray inves ga on, they have to go to private clinics.

Recommenda on

• To recruit Red Cross Volunteers as soon as possible to fi ll in for dropouts. • To conduct refresher trainings • Avoid geographical overlapping with other partners’ implemen ng townships • Conduct eff ec ve monitoring and Neutrality supervision In order to con nue to enjoy the confi dence of all, the Movement may not take sides in hos li es or Lesson Learned engage at any me in controversies of a poli cal, racial, religious or ideological nature. Most of the people in remote areas have inadequate knowledge about TB and they thought that TB can be infected only through heredity and fear from discrimina on if they have TB. Providing them home visits and awareness raising by RCVs, can give the right informa on about TB including signs and symptoms of TB, Impartiality mode of transmission, inves ga on methods and treatment etc The Interna onal Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement makes no discrimina on as to na onality, race,religious beliefs, class or poli cal opinions. It endeavours to relieve the suff ering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, and to give priority to the most urgent cases of distress. 21

Project Period: 2011 to May, 2016

Project Area: 19 Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 39,738

Supported by: Global Fund

Tuberculosis Program Key Issues

Community base TB care is implemented by • Chest X-ray inves ga on diffi cul es MRCS in collabora on with Na onal TB con- • Some village referral cases do not go trol Program from 2009 un l now. There are to health facility because they could 7 target townships in 2009 but now it is only not aff ord travelling expense, meal & 1 township, Pathein with 20 trained RCVs as lodging costs that will occur at town- contributors. The main objec ves are : 1) to ship level. get involvement of community volunteers • Request for Mul vitamin from in TB control ac vi es, 2) improve the case Pa ents. fi nding and case holding, and, 3) to increase awareness on TB from HE sessions. Recommenda on 2,176 people received health educa on from Tuberculosis Program. • It is easier for volunteers ac vity if the fee for Chest X-ray can be supported. Key Accomplishment • Suspected cases are referred to health services for diagnosis and treatment Community base TB care is implemented by by standard referral from. MRCS in collabora on with Na onal TB control Program from 2009 un l now. There are Lesson Learned 7 target townships in 2009 but now it is only 1 township, Pathein with 20 trained RCVs as Most of the people in remote area contributors. The main objec ves are : fear of discrimina on if they have TB. Provid- ing them with household visit and awareness 1) to get involvement of community raising done by RCVs, can give the right infor- volunteers in TB control ac vi es, ma on. 2) improve the case fi nding and case holding, and, 3) to increase awareness on TB for HE sessions. 22

Financial Status Community Based Water & Sanita on and Hygiene Promo on Program • 6 Red Cross Volunteers in one selected township and salary of one With the technical support of IFRC and fi nan- fi eld supervisor are supported with cial support of Samsung and Car er, MRCS im- MRCS fund. plemented WASH program in 4 townships of • In implemented township, 6 RCVs get the dry zone (Natogyi, Wundwin, Myi har and a travel allowance of MMK 120,000 Chauk) which is aligned with the Interna onal per month (each RCV 20,000*10 visit Federa on’s Global Agenda (including the Fed- per month). era ons Global WatSan Ini a ve (GWSI) – under which this Ac on falls), and Strategy 2015 Sexual and Reproduc ve Health of Myanmar Red Cross which sets out four Project broad goals to meet the Federa on’s mission to “improve the lives of vulnerable people by Sexual and Reproduc ve Health (SRH) Proj- mobilizing the power of humanity”. This ini a- ect aims to achieve as an outcome, increased ve also contributes to the Millennium Devel- availability and use of integrated sexual and opment Goals and it works towards reducing reproduc ve health services (including family water and sanita on-related morbidity and planning, maternal health and HIV) that are mortality, and improving health and produc- gender-responsive and meet human rights vity. standards for quality of care and equity in access. During this repor ng period, MRCS could im- There are 2 outputs to contribute to the ex- plement most of the targeted ac vi es which pected outcome which are (1) Strengthened are Par cipatory Hygiene and Sanita on Trans- health system to deliver integrated sexual and forma on (PHAST) trainings for community reproduc ve health services including family volunteers, PHAST step interven on in com- planning, maternal health and HIV preven on muni es were followed by hardware imple- programmers as well as in humanitarian set- menta on. Hygiene promo on training and ngs and (2) Strengthen health system to im- Opera on and Maintenance training could not prove availably of high quality and equitable be carried out due to shortage of human re- sexual and reproduc ve health informa on sources, na on-wide fl oods in July and August, and services among target groups including in and na onal elec on in November. However, emergency se ng. all the delayed ac vi es from previous quarter have been completed in this quarter 3 and 4. Key Accomplishments Key Issues and Recommenda on In 2015, Sexual and Reproduc ve Health Proj- ect archived 224% for Minimum Ini al Service - Diffi cult to fi nd mason and labor in some Package MISP mul plier training for crisis, townships. They have gone for be er income 68% of coordina on mee ng and 100% simu- from seasonal planta on especially water mel- la on exercise workshop. on growing. - Drilling deep tube well in some townships yielded water but of less quan ty (only 50 gallons per hour) - Townships here are situated in middle of Myanmar and in the Dry Zone. Thus, it is diffi - cult to fi nd pure water even if the Tube Wells are dug deeply. 23 Project Period: June, 2013 to May, 2016

Project Area: Loikaw, Demawso Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 10,775 (5,300 Male and 5,475 Female)

Supported by: IFRC and Finnish Red Cross

Achievements against Target

Community Based Water and Sanita on and interna onal non-governmental organiza ons, Hygiene Promo on Program achieved 10 UNICEF, communi es, local authori es, na on- items of water scheme, 1,150 household sani- al and governmental organiza ons and aid and ta on support and 6 schools covered. development agencies. Coordina on mee ng with Township Red Cross Steering Commi ee Lessons Learned discussed and shared experiences. Mee ngs with Village WASH Commi ee and community - Transparency and trust building is very im- volunteers in project villages are also shared. portant for coordina on and collabora on with community. Gender - 1 year program dura on is very short to achieve proper behavior change for hygiene More women recruited in village WASH com- prac ces. On the other hand, when planning mi ee and ac vely par cipated in project the program/project’s ac vi es, me for proj- implementa on, but low par cipa on in deci- ect set up as well as phased out plan should sion making process. be included - Community empowerment is essen al to get Community Feedback community par cipa on and ownership and long-term sustainability. Township Red Cross Steering Commi ee and Red Cross Brigade requested basic ﬁ rst aid Coordina on and Coopera on training for township RCVs and community volunteers because “First Aid is the entry Beside the IFRC , the Myanmar Red Cross So- point for Red Cross and also strengthening of ciety works with the Department of Health, Township Red Cross Branch. First Aid trained Department of Educa on, Administra ve De- volunteers can support to their community partment, Department of Rural Development be er through basic ﬁ rst aid services and re- (DRD), local non-government organiza ons, ferral services” 24

Financial Status

Budget and expenditure analysis (CHF)

A. Annual approved budget 100,000

B. Total funding to date 90,000

C. Funding to date as % of annual budget (B ÷ A) 90% D. Year to Date Budget 60,000

E. Total expenditure to date 40,000

F. Expenditure to date as % of YTD budget (E ÷ D) 66%

G. Expenditure to date as % of annual budget (E ÷ A) 40%

Community Health Project

During 2015 • Intensive Health Training covered 13 • 32 community members from Shan staﬀ and RCVs. Su village received communica on • Exchange visit covered 13 members. training for Household to household • Basic First Aid Training done 30 Health Educa on Session volunteer from Shan Su village. • Financial Management Training was • 44 students were supported school done and 18 Red Cross Volunteers basic First Aid Training. received that training. • 15 community members from Shan Su village were received advocacy mee ng for seed fund management by Resource Management Depart- ment.

Project Period: January, 2015 to December, 2016

Project Area: Taikkyi Townships, Yangon Region

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 4,000 Persons

Supported by: Red Cross Society of China 25

MNCH/DRC program

MNCH/DRC program handle 4 townships improve personal hygiene and environmen- (Matupi, Mogok , Sagaing and Falam),cov- tal sanita on, and to improve the awareness ering 78 villages. In Mogok 19, Sagaing 19, session of DRR. Falam 19, and Matupi 21 villages. There are a total of 216 Community Health Workers • A total of 80 Auxiliary Mid-Wives (CHW), 81 Auxiliary Mid-Wives (AMW) and received the refresher training and the program is supported by 28 Communi- basic medical equipment in Sagaing, ty Mobilizers (CMs) and 28 Staff and Volun- Mogok, Falam and Matupi Townships teers. Project period is from 2012 to 2017. and vaccinated children under 2 Three townships received funding from the years and tetanus for pregnant Consor um and one township from the Eu- mothers. ropean Union. This program is an integrated • Monthly coordina on mee ngs were program containing components for Mater- organized for Health staff , Red Cross nal and Child Health, Water, Sanita on and Volunteers, Village leaders, Mid-Wives Hygiene, Disaster Risk Reduc on MNCH, and AMW to share experiences, WASH, DRR. Main ac vi es of MNCH is sup- lessons learned, solving problems port to emergency referral including Emer- together and health educa on in gency Obstetric Care (EmoC), Emergency rural health centers. Child Care(ECC) and any other ages according • Auxiliary Mid-Wives provided health to the standard opera ng procedures (SOP), care to a total of 404 pregnant training and support to Voluntary Health women in the fi rst visit, and 417 Workers (VHWs) (AMW, CHW, First Aid (FA) pregnant women in the fourth for refi ll items). WASH and DRR had mainly done prenatal care. Postnatal care was construc on and personal hygiene and envi- provided to a total of 325 women ronmental sanita on. who has delivered. 75% of pregnant Program objec ve is to achieve, improve women who took AN care service maternal and child health (Antenatal (AN), from AMW completed all 4 AN Post Natal (PN), and Delivery), reduce ma- care visits. ternal and child death, improve the capacity of CHW and AMW, safe water supply and

Project Period: 2012 to 2017

Project Area: Sagaing, Mogok, Falam and Matupi townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 8,490 Persons

Supported by: Danish Red Cross and EU 26

• A total of 269 babies were born alive, departments, a total of 43 mes M&E 10 babies were born dead, and 13 visits with rural health staff , and a total were miscarried. A total of 239 babies of 1,175 M&E visits with Mid-Wives. were born with the support of MW/ • Supported the transporta on charges AMW and 33 babies born were for medicine distribu ons to States/ helped by others. Regions for 2 mes and 9 mes to • A total of 218 Community Health the rural health branches. Workers received health training • Supported the transporta on charges in line with the standard of the for a total of 92 mother pa ents, 183 Ministry of Health. AMW and Health of new born babies and child under 5 staff provided health educa on years, and 314 other emergency pa- awareness to a total of 22,657 ents referred to the hospitals Villagers. Township Branch commit- through diagnosis and direc on of tees conducted the Vulnerability and CHW or AMW or MW. Capacity Assessment (VCA) in 9 • A total of 60 health staff received Villages of Sagaing, 9 Villages of the postnatal and newborn care Falam, 13 Villages of Matupi, and 10 training and other capacity building Villages of Mogok Townships respec- trainings in 2 project Townships, and vely with the support of 122 Red Cross 50 new AMWs were trained and 30 Volunteers. During the report AMWs also received the refresher period, a total of 204 RCVs received training. First Aid trainings. • Supported the offi ce equipment in 2 • A total of 180 RCVs received PHAST project Townships training from level 1 to 3 on Water and Sanita on, Personal hygiene A total of 10 village tract health commi ees promo on and a total of 3,074 stu- consis ng of 90 people, and 30 village health dents ac vely a ended the training commi ees with 270 members were formed on personal hygiene promo on and in the project areas and provided trainings applied it in 4 projects Townships. with prac cal applica ons to be more eff ec- • During the report period, a total of ve and effi cient. The Red Cross Volunteers 8,389 people received be er knowl- and communi es were ac vely involved in edge and comprehensive understan- the community based projects’ ac vi es in ding on Health and Disaster risk coopera on with Townships, rural health de- reduc on educa on. partments.

The Community-Based Mother and Child Health Development program of MRCS was implemented in Matupi and Falam Town- ships in coopera on with other partners to promote the Mother and Child health, and other health care ac vi es to ensure a high degree of responsibility, accountability, and Independence transparency with eﬀ ec veness. The Movement is independent. The Na onal Socie es, while auxiliaries in the humanitarian services of their governments and subject to the laws of • Supported the Township Health their respec ve countries, must always maintain Department monthly mee ngs for their autonomy so that they may be able at all mes to act in accordance with the principles of 6 mes; and rural health center the Movement. monthly mee ngs 19 mes • A total of 37 joint M&E visits were conducted with Township Health

Impartiality 27

Hpa-an Orthopedic Centre Achievements against Target

The Hpa-an Orthopedic Centre (HORC) was During 2015, inaugurated in January 2003 to respond • 542 service users were fi ed, to the need for prosthe c services for dis- • 544 prostheses, abled people in Myanmar. Services include a • 33 orthoses, prosthe c center, pa ents gait training and • 1,227 crutches and physiotherapy area and a pa ent ward with • 26 wheelchairs had been delivered. capacity for 30 amputees. The center cur- • 1,350 Service users received service rently provides services for lower limb am- under mobile repair service workshop putees (i.e. prosthe c devices, walking aids program. and basic func onal re-educa on) and has a • 2,587 feet were produced from produc on capacity of over 950 prostheses HORC foot unit. per year. The main objec ves of HORC are For the fi rst me, the community based to increase the country’s capacity to provide repairmen networking program was intro- proper prosthe c treatments and to increase duced and implemented in 2015 to provide accessibility to prosthe c treatments for am- prosthe c minor repair service to the users putees living in remote and border areas. who had diffi culty to come to HORC. HORC From the beginning of the ac vi es in Sep- provided 3 weeks’ repairmen training to 12 tember 2002 to the end of December 2015, people from Tanyintharyi Region and East- 6,259 service users were registered, 5,622 ern Bago Region where HORC mobile repair service users were fi ed, 9,083 prosthe- service team could not cover. Through the ses, 158 orthoses, 13,569 crutches and 149 whole year, 180 service users benefi ted mo- wheelchairs had been provided. 2,393 Ser- bile repair service through repairmen and vice users (SU) received service under mo- the program is ongoing well. bile repair service workshop program. 180 SU received minor repair service through In 2015, HORC mobile repair service team repairmen. went to 31 townships from coverage areas and provided service to 1,350 people. Town- ship in Tanyintharyi region in the south and Loikaw in Kayar state in the north.

Project Period: Long term services

Project Area: Mon, Kayin, Kayah States, East Bago and Tanintharyi Regions

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 2,784 Services Users

Supported by: ICRC 28

Produc on of prostheses devices had de- these lessons into account, fi eld trip plans creased from targeted 650 to 544 due to in- should be adjusted according to the season- creasing of ac vity in mobile repair service al calendar, religious fes vals and important and some staff are going abroad for long events for these regions. term training. On the other hand, the range In some places, SU do not show up in the of orthoses device from 19 to 33 could be in- mee ng points for mobile repair service creased. because of travel distance from their home To make public about HORC’s ac vi es, to the mee ng points. Though in the same HORC Open Day was held on December 3rd townships, some villages are very far for 15 on the occasion of the Interna onal Day the users to come to downtown (mee ng of the persons with disabili es. Total 800 points). From these experiences, we have people a ended the open day from diff er- introduced some new mee ng points where ent sectors of socie es such as government there is a certain number of SUs living, so offi ce, NGOs, INGOs, CSO, schools and hos- that they do not need to go far to the town. pital, media, poli cal par es and the people In some places, neighboring townships are around the town and villages. combined (e.g. in Htantapin mobile trip, we invited some SUs from Kyaukkyi T/S (East Key Issues and Recommenda on Bago) and some villages from Thandaung T/S (Kayin state) where the areas are beside During Mobile repair organize trips, fi eld each other and easy to access. offi cers face some challenges for informing service users (SU)about the service. Some Coordina on and Coopera on SU had moved to other places, some passed away, some have no informa on and some Regular contacts are kept with the Kayin have no exact address. According to the cen- State Red Cross Supervisory Commi ee, ter’s list, it is much more than the actual. In Kayin State Ambulance Brigade, Kayin State this case, number of SUs who visited to the Hospital, Kayin State Sport, Kayin State Gov- mobile repair service is less than expected. ernment and Department of Social Welfare, To solve these problems, actual SU address- NGOs, and CSOs. The HORC management es are updated all the me both in the center team regularly a ended ceremonies orga- as well as in the fi eld. SUs are encouraged nized by the Kayin State Government and to give the exact address during registra on INGOs and LNGOs. With the support of the explaining the benefi t to follow up repair Kayin Ambulance Brigade, the HORC orga- services. nized Basic First Aid training to 16 HORC staff in May 2015. Demands of service users who need ortho- HORC OPP Field Offi cers cooperated with ses devices, upper limb prostheses and phys- respec ve townships’ MRCS branches and iotherapy treatment are high compared to RCVs during every mobile and repair trips. the center’s capacity. To solve these issues, They visited and informed about the pro- HORC has plans to increase the range of Or- gram to respec ve township administra on thoses and Physiotherapy treatment in 2016. offi ces, township police offi ces and TMOs For upper limb prostheses, a wai ng list is during the trips. OPP FOs also extended net- systema cally kept. working with other NGOs during fi eld trips in some areas. Lessons Learned Financial Status During mobile repair service, in some places we received less SU than expected. These In 2015, the expenditure amount is 450,000 are because of religious fes val in their area, CHF. It is 82% of the budgeted amount of public fes val, cul va on season, etc. Taking 550,000 CHF. 29

Cross-cu ng Issues

During the training to ﬁ t devices, hygiene their towns as they did not need to go back educa on was taught to the users to under- to HORC and it saved me and money for stand the importance of the personal hy- them. giene for the users, as well for households. Maternal, Newborn and To mo vate to the service users and as a dis- Child Health Program ability inclusion, the HORC had supported 6 HORC SUs to par cipate in the 4th Na onal Goal Sport Fes val organized by Ministry of Sports Improved maternal, new-born and child and Physical Educa on in Nay Pyi Taw from health in areas supported by 3MDG 17.2.16 to 21.2.16. Purpose Summer children program is organized every Increase access to, and availability of essen- year in April and May especially for child SUs. al maternal and child health services for the This program addresses to the needs of child poorest and most vulnerable in areas sup- SU for physical and mental strength to be ported by 3MDG aware by the parents and rela ves for social inclusion including educa on. Main Objec ves

Community Feedback • Delivery of essen al services with a focus on maternal and child health, Community (SUs) receives foot follow-ups strengthened in township. every 3 months from HORC to test the quality of rubber feet produced by HORC. In 2015, • Strengthened systems for delivery Service Users’ Evalua on had also been con- of essen al MNCH services in township. ducted by the donor team to assess the quality of service by the center including tech- • Enhanced health services account- nical applica on and quality of treatment. ability and responsiveness through Most service users expressed that they were capacity development of target com- happy to receive the mobile repair service in muni es, civil society organiza ons and the public sector.

Project Period: January 2014 to December 2017

Project Area: Mindat and Matupi Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 105,071 Persons

Supported by: 3MDG 30

Achievements against Target

Community Based TB care was implement- (i) To get involvement of Red Cross volun- ed by MRCS and in collabora on with Na- teers in TB control ac vi es, onal TB Control Program since 2011 un l (ii) To improve early case ﬁ nding, early diag- now. There are 19 target townships in which nosis and treatment, 20 trained RCVs were contribu ng in each (iii) To increase TB awareness in community township. The main objec ves are: through HE sessions, and, (iv) To support the Basic health staﬀ s.

Mindat Township ACHIEVEMENT Reasons of programma c ID INDICATOR devia on and any TARGET Total Male

Coverage % Coverage other comments Female Number and percentage of births Outcome a ended by skilled health personnel 45% 637 637 51% 1.1 (doctor, nurse, lady health visitor or midwife) Outcome Number and percentage of births at- 15% 401 401 32% 1.2 tended by trained AMW Outcome Number and percentage of ins tu onal 15% 445 445 35% 1.3 deliveries Number and percentage of women Outcome a ended at least four mes during 33% 653 653 52% 2 pregnancy by skilled health personnel for reasons related This indicator is higher than SBA, as most deliveries Number and percentage of mothers Outcome by the AMW are and newborns who received postnatal 45% 984 79% 3 visited by the MW care visit within three days of childbirth within 3 days for PN check and birth registra on The numerator includes babies from Number and percentage of newborns neighboring town- Out- that ini ate immediate breas eeding ships who deliver at 92% 1272 102% come 4 within one hour a er birth (disaggre- the district hospital. gated by sex) The denominator is only live births from Mindat locals. Outcome Contracep ve prevalence rate (HMIS) 8% 496 11% 5 31

ACHIEVEMENT Reasons of programma c ID INDICATOR devia on and any TARGET Total Male

Coverage % Coverage other comments Female Crash Campaign took place in Q2 and Q4. Penta is higher than measles due to dif- Number and percentage of children ferent immuniza on Outcome under one immunized with DPT3/Pen- 40% 1192 98% period 8.1 ta3 (disaggregated by sex) - Penta3 given to infants 2 to 12 month. - Measles given to infants 9 to 12 month. Number and percentage of children Outcome under one immunized with Measles 40% 1025 85% 8.2 (disaggregated by sex) Output Number and percentage of appropriate 15.7% of expected 180 201 201 112% 1.2.1 EmOC referrals supported - Total pregnancies. Output Number of appropriate EmOC referrals 40 61 61 153% 1.2.2 supported - hard to reach areas Output Number of ECC referrals supported – 4% of children un- 340 164 105 269 79% 1.2.3 Total der 5 Output Number of ECC referrals supported - 80 36 27 63 79% 1.2.4 hard to reach areas Number of under ﬁ ve children diar- Output rhea cases treated with ORT at Health 1481 1481 100% 1.3.1 Facili es Matupi Township

ACHIEVEMENT Reasons of programma c ID INDICATOR devia on and any TARGET Total Male

Coverage % Coverage other comments Female Number and percentage of births Outcome a ended by skilled health personnel 45% 786 786 65% 1.1 (doctor, nurse, lady health visitor or midwife) Outcome Number and percentage of births at- 10% 213 213 18% 1.2 tended by trained AMW Outcome Number and percentage of ins tu onal 15% 190 190 16% 1.3 deliveries 32

Many staffi ng Number and percentage of women vacancies in SRHCs Outcome a ended at least four mes during 33% 662 662 55% so more diffi cult to 2 pregnancy by skilled health personnel have ANC 4 as high for reasons related as SBA. This indicator is higher than SBA, as most deliveries Number and percentage of mothers Outcome by the AMW are and newborns who received postnatal 45% 1047 87% 3 visited by the MW care visit within three days of childbirth within 3 days for PN check and birth registra on Number and percentage of newborns Out- that ini ate immediate breas eeding 80% 1071 89% come 4 within one hour a er birth (disaggregated by sex) Outcome Contracep ve prevalence rate (HMIS) 8% 1014 20% 5 Crash Campaign took place in Q2 and Q4. Penta is higher than measles due to Number and percentage of children diff erent Outcome under one immunized with 40% 1248 91% immuniza on pe- 8.1 DPT3/Penta3 (disaggregated by sex) riod - Penta3 given to infants 2 to 12 month. - Measles given to infants 9 to 12 month. Number and percentage of children Outcome under one immunized with Measles 40% 1161 85% 8.2 (disaggregated by sex) 7% of expected Output Number and percentage of appropriate pregnancies. 80 82 82 103% 1.2.1 EmOC referrals supported - Total Improvement from 0.7% in 2014 Output Number of appropriate EmOC referrals 20 24 24 120% 1.2.2 supported - hard to reach areas 2% of children un- Output Number of ECC referrals supported – 200 79 53 132 66% der 5, improvement 1.2.3 Total from 0.7% in 2014 Output Number of ECC referrals supported - 60 20 17 37 62% 1.2.4 hard to reach areas Number of under fi ve children diar- Output rhea cases treated with ORT at Health 1299 1299 98% 1.3.1 Facili es 33

Key Issues and Recommenda on Community Base Health Resilient Project (CBHR-Phase II) • HR : in both townships, but mostly in Matupi, vacant posi ons within The CBHR Project is the Community Base the THD, BHS and MRCS project Health Resilient Project launched in 2011 team–led to lower implementa on June with 2,200 Households (total 14 villag- in supervision, outreach and training. es: 5 villages in Taung Twin Gyi Township, • Delays in infrastructure improvement 9 villages in Okshit Pin Township ) in Mag- and procurement from 3MDG result- way Division. At present, CBHR Project is ed in lower expenditure. implemented for 1,000 HHs in 5 villages of • Transporta on in Chin remains diffi - Taung Twin Gyi Township. There are 4 main cult and expensive, especially in the components / sectors: Primary Health Care, raining season. WatSan, Disaster Risk Reduc on and Branch Development (OD). Primary Health Care sec- Lessons Learned tor have developed Village Health Commit- tee (10-15 member: 1/3 female), established • Emergency referrals in Matupi signifi - Village Health Fund (Seed Fund – 3 Lakhs cantly increased from 2014. per village). Health Educa on Sessions were • Signifi cant landslides in July and provided through small group discussions August 2015 aff ected access to (HH to HH), and large group discussions for townships and villages. seasonal occurring diseases. School Health ac vi es mainly Personal Hygiene (Hand Coordina on and Coopera on Washing), and services from the villages to Hospitals, and Health Clinic by Villages Red In 2015, the program established strong Cross Volunteers. Training sessions on Basic coordina on and coopera on with Town- First Aid Training, Social Mobiliza on and ship Administra on Department, Township facilita on were provided. Materials such Health Departments, Basic Health Staff s, as Rubber Boots, Pans and Pipes etc were Management Systems Interna onal (MSI) , supported. The WatSan Sector had supplied Popula on Services Interna onal (PSI). so and hard wares. The so component included development of WASH Commi ee, Cross-cu ng Issues giving PHAST training, latrine demonstra on (sample latrine construc on) and Hygiene AEI/ CS (Accountability, Equity and Inclusion/ Promo on ac vi es (Hand washing demon- Confl ict Sensi vity) components were includ- stra on). Hard component included elevated ed in the program to address issues such as water storage tank construc on and distri- disability, ethnic minori es, violence preven- bu on system, drilling of deep and shallow on, gender, confl ict sensi vity, climate (hand pump) tube-well, well rehabilita on change and environmental conserva on. and drilling of new wells, school latrine construc on including unit for disabled persons, Community Feedback suppor ng pans and pipes, suppor ng ce- In 2015, there was no feedback from com- ment and bricks to some HH for latrine pit, munity. Feedback was collected from sug- Hand washing facili es and Life-straw water ges on boxes and feedback mee ngs (six fi lter for drinking. Branch Development (OD) monthly) at village level. sector included Red Cross Volunteer Capaci- ty Building support for branch income gener- a on (IG), and contributed to the construc- on of Township Branch Offi ce. 34

Disaster Risk Reduc on sector gave Commu- • Distributed village health fund (three nity Base Disaster Management training, and Lakhs each) to the village health com- Disaster Risk Reduc on Awareness Sessions. mi ees in each villages. During the repor ng period, the • Distributed 450 sets of Pan and Pipe CBHR project could mobilize 32 Red Cross in total, with 150 sets of Pan and Volunteers (RCVs) who provided for the 5 Pipe each to the 3 villages. target villages: • Distribu on of hand washing facili es in each village. • 1,048 Health Educa on Sessions (seasonal diseases) to 979 house Key Issues and Recommenda on holds of 3,791 popula ons including 2,215 females CBHR project has some challenges • 282 persons including 188 females • Diffi culty to access roads to the 3 received fi rst aid services villages because of heavy rains • 38 persons including 24 females • RCVs could not totally par cipate in from the 5 target villages were given ac vi es because of busy work in referral services the farms • 75 sessions of school base health • Diffi cult to collect success story as educa on ac vi es (Hygiene Promo- well as Monthly Reports in 2015 on and Hand Washing) in 5 schools . • High drop out of Red Cross • 29 mes of coordina on and cooper- Volunteers a on mee ngs in branch offi ce with Township Red Cross Execu ve Com- Recommenda on mi ee, Project Staff s, Villages Red • Exchange visit between villages Cross Volunteers. • Quick replacement with new • Building of water tanks for 3 villages volunteer if there is drop out with drilling system, 2 sample latrines of RCV in the villages. in each villages, 4 units of school la- • Encourage staff s to collect success trine in 1 village, and hand washing stories and recommenda ons facili es in a village school of 1 village. from villagers.

Project Period: June 2011 to December 2017

Project Area: Taung Twin Gyi Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 1,270 Persons

Austrian Red Cross (ARC) 35

Coordina on and Coopera on PCM, Disable Inclusion, Gender, Financial management, M&E Database development During the repor ng period, CBHR project and Basic First Aid Training), Organize the Vil- could cooperate with the Save the Children lage Development Commi ee and Township for technical support to project ac vi es Development Commi ee, Offi ce set up, and (nutri on) and joined the ADRA group for renova on of KyarInn Seikkyi branch offi ce. the par cipa on of project ac vi es’ training. Coordinated with the Health depart- Key Issues and Recommenda on ments for the CBHR project capacity building of project staff s and RCVs. Coordinated During the repor ng period, BRC Project had so that Township Execu ve Commi ee and the following challenges /issues Township Red Cross Volunteers can cooperate with project staff s for project ac vi es. • Delay staff recruitment in Hlaing Bwe Township. Financial Status • Language barrier • Diffi cult access to 2 villages in Hlaing During the repor ng period, CBHR Phase (II) Bwe Township because of fl ood Budget u liza on rate was 93%. Recommenda ons

Community Feedback • Advocacy mee ng to Township and village level commi ees. • Health Knowledge, Personal Hygiene, • Capacity Building Training for project changing to good prac ces (using staff s should be increased for eff ec- latrine) were improved. ve Project implementa on • Be er access to water facili es and clean water supply. Lesson Learned • Pa ents benefi ted from early fi rst aid and referral services from village • Project Area have language barrier to Health Center and Hospital. so recruitment or involvement of • Villagers were able to receive basic project staff with knowledge of both health services in the villages. languages(Kayin and Myanmar)would be useful. Building Resilient Community Program (BRC) Financial Status

The BRC Project “Building Resilient Commu- • During the Repor ng Period, BRC nity Project” was launched on 2014 July from Budget u liza on rate was 89%. design phase. BRC Project was prepared base on 2700 Households. Now BRC Project is being implemented in 14 villages of two townships (KyarInn Seikkyi T/s and Hlaing Bwe T/s) and covers 1400 HHs in Kyar Inn Seik Kyi T/s and 1300 HHs in Hlaing Bwe T/s. There are 4 main sectors 1) Primary Health Care, 2) WatSan, 3) Disaster Risk Reduc on and 4) Branch Development (OD). During this repor ng period, BRC Project has completed the integrated assessment, Base Line Survey, Training (Staﬀ introduc on, 36

Cross-cu ng Issues

BRC Project had conducted disability inclusion workshop, Gender workshop and included females in the forma on of Village Execu ve commi ee. Selec on of Red Cross Volunteers included 1:3 ra o of females and Social Protec on is also a part of the project as a cross cu ng issue.

Community feedback

Community says that they are very happy Voluntary service to have the project in their villages because The Interna onal Red Cross and Red Crescent they do not have health knowledge and Movement is a voluntary relief movement not prompted in any manner by desire for gain. health services in their village. So they hope to get health knowledge and then they can par cipate in project ac vi es. 37

PREPAREDNESS AND RESPONSE TO DISASTERS

Urban Disaster Risk Reduc on Project

The project of MRCS aimed to increase com- Before, most of the communi es and children munity safety and resilience and reduce vul- do not know about disaster and to prevent any nerability of 3 wards in Hlaing Thar Yar Tsp, disaster. Now, some communi es and children Yangon. Communi es and children are not are well aware about disasters and to prevent only fi rst responders to disasters but also un- any disaster especially a er VCA fi eld session derstand local hazards and resources, and are ac vi es. in the best posi on to execute immediate res- As hardware: cue and relief ac ons; hence a well-prepared Before, most of the wards in Hlaing Thar Yar community is of pivotal importance in disas- face a lot of fl oods, especially during heavy ter risk reduc on. The program objec ve is to raining period and the drainage systems are increase community safety and resilience at very bad. household and school level through an inte- Now, in all wards, the project implemented grated risk reduc on ini a ve. The Program (10) culverts and (2) concrete garbage storage has two ac vi es: 1) structural (mi ga on) for two wards, (2) water gates for one ward and 2) non-structural (advocacy, awareness, and road for one ward (from main road to wa- training and IDDR ceremony) ac vi es. Both ter storage ) of are ongoing. As for the progress, the proj- Before, early warning kit is not enough for di- ect had formed a Ward Disaster Management saster preven on (early warning ac vi es). Commi ee (WDMC) in each wards at village Now, they will do early warning ac vi es in level with 21 persons. 30% are female and 70% this season for fi re preven on. are male. It includes member of ward admin- istrators, community health workers and ward Community Based Disaster community volunteer. These WDMC members Risk Reduc on (CBDRR) Program can organize project ac vi es well, especially structural (mi ga on) ac vi es. The project The program objec ve is to increase commu- conducted capaci es development training nity safety and resilience at household and such as: BFA Training, CBDRR & Vulnerable Ca- school level through an integrated risk reduc- pacity Assessment (VCA) Training, VCA Field on ini a ve. Target communi es and chil- Ac vi es, ERT Training and awareness raising dren are organized, have the knowledge and for health and disaster. Some IEC materials skills necessary to assess, reduce and manage and DRR kits were distributed. Some DRR kits risks (including health, access to water and and early warming kit had been well used in sanita on related risk), by implemen ng risk ward. For example, ward commi ee member reduc on ac vi es. Organiza onal capacity of is announcing for fi re preven on with this kit MRCS township branches is further strength- (loud speaker). Community plans of ac on had ened to manage and coordinate DRR/ DM ini- been implemented by themselves. a ves. The program has two ac vi es: structural As so ware (mi ga on ac vi es such as construc on of At present, township EC members are very road, well and etc.) and non-structural (ad- ac ve, very interested and good par cipa on vocacy, awareness, training, and disaster risk and support had been seen. They support by reduc on (DRR) ac vi es). Both are ongoing. a ending any training, mee ng and ceremo- Good progress can be noted. Village Disaster nies. Previously, members of brigade male- Management Commi ee (VDMC) has been 120, female-30 but now, members of brigade formed in each village with 21 persons, of male-150, female-50 (increased). 38 which 50% are female and 50% are male. This 2. Community based First Aid (CBFA) ToT includes volunteers. These VDMC members Training to township Red Cross are well organized in planning and implemen- volunteers ta on such as selec on of the villages, bene- In this ac vity, we conducted training on First fi ciaries’ selec on and the rest of the project Aid knowledge. A er the training 30% of the ac vi es especially structural (mi ga on) ac- trainees became facilitators in their respec- vi es. Project conducted capaci es devel- ve villages. Some have limited educa on opment training such as: basic fi rst aid (BFA) and knowledge, so we could not produce fully training to communi es, Training of Trainers skilled facilitators. (ToT) Trainings on Community-Based First Aid (CBFA), Community Based Disaster Risk Re- 3. Program Induc on (1) day Training to duc on (CBDRR) & Vulnerability and Capacity RVCs, member of VDMC and school teachers Assessment (VCA) Training to township Red In this ac vity, we introduced a step by step of Cross Volunteers, and VCA Field Ac vi es in 10 the project implementa on process using role communi es. Some IEC materials and DRR kits play methodology. Par cipants are Red Cross were distributed. DRR kits and early warming volunteers, community mobilizers and school kits were well used in the villages. For exam- teachers. As a result, these par cipants are ple, village commi ee members are alerted very interested in our project and par cipated for fi re preven on with the loud speaker (part all of our project ac vi es. of DRR kit). They had implemented community plan of ac on by themselves. Ac vi es car- 4. Basic First Aid Training in ried out during the repor ng period were: ten communi es Training for members of the township brigade 1. Advocacy mee ng for both township was conducted, and as a result, the commu- level and ward levels ni es know well about fi rst aid, and then 50% In this ac vity, we introduced and explained became Red Cross Volunteer. step by step the project implementa on process and were able to increase interest of 5. Delegate Visit township Red Cross EC members, brigade and DM Delegate went on a visit to fi ve villages communi es. Communi es are s ll weak be- and school where they met with village com- cause they have limited knowledge and ed- muni es. uca on, and also because they had no prior knowledge about the project.

Project Period: July 2014 to June 2018

Project Area: Kyarinn Seikkyi & Hlaing Bwe Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 163 Persons

Austrian Red Cross (ARC) 39

6. Community-Based Disaster Risk Reduc- high interest and good par cipa on in the on (CBDRR) & Vulnerability and three-days VCA fi eld session. Most of the vil- Capacity Assessment (VCA) Training lagers remarked that this ac vity is a very This ac vity is important for the whole proj- good ac vity and a endance in this ac vity ect because the project have two sectors. One was more than any other ac vi es such as en- is non-structural and the second is structural. vironmental campaigns and aware campaigns. The village communi es felt that both sectors One of the villager remarked that this ac vity are important for the development of the vil- should have been started last 10 years ago. lage. So, fi rst, training was given, and con n- In these (10) communi es, the main liveli- ued by fi eld ac vi es in ten communi es. In hoods (main economy) are fi shery, farming this ac vity, the communi es explore their and daily worker. Of these (10) communi es, needs and risks, and then to solve disaster re- (8) are Rakhine villages and (2) are Chin vil- duc on ac vi es by themselves. lages. Few literates are staying in Chin villages, weak in knowledge and have diffi cul es 7. IDDR (Interna onal Day for Disaster understanding / catching up in the training, Reduc on) ceremony awareness raising and advocacy mee ngs. IDDR ceremony held with 111 par cipants, it Most of the villagers have diffi culty to under- included IEC and project’s ac vi es photo ex- stand the facilitators’ conversa on. But most hibi on. of them showed great interest. In this year, most of young men and women 8. Baseline survey have migrated to the other countries for their Base-line survey was conducted interviewing survival, because in their villages, most of the 431 people in total (a sample of 30% of the farms have been covered by sea water and HHs per ward). damaged, and fi shes have become scarce for fi shery. The following ac vi es had been con- The program dura on was set for 17 months. ducted during this repor ng period: However there was a delay in the beginning of the program and hence the program made 1) Advocacy mee ng for both township a no-cost extension for one year. As a result, level and ward level the total compensa on, travelling, supply and In this ac vity, an introduc on and a step-by- support cost are increased than total budget. step explana on of the project implementa- The overall expenditure of the program is on process was done, a er which the town- 98.72% and it can reach to 100% in February ship Red Cross EC members, brigade members a er making payment of staff salary and travel and the communi es became aware about expense. the project. In 2015, total budget expenditure for preparedness and response to disasters program 2) Community Based First Aid (CBFA) ToT covered 98.72%. Training to township red cross volunteers A er this First Aid knowledge training, 50% of the par cipants became facilitators in their re- Community Feed Back spec ve wards. Some par cipants are lacking educa on; therefore we could not mobilize There are no sugges on boxes or no ce board. the total number of facilitators. At the beginning of the project, there was less par cipa on from village communi es to our 3) Branch Assessment mee ng project because most are daily workers. Thus, The Branch Development Offi cer from OD De- they could not give me to a end the aware- partment par cipated in this mee ng and as ness sessions. a result, township EC members became very A er the VCA fi eld session, there was good ac ve and would a end all mee ngs and cer- result, and most of the villagers became well emonies of project. aware about Disaster Risk Reduc on (DRR). Among them, all seven communi es showed 40

4) Program Induc on 1 day Training to 11) The Representa ve from Norwegian Red RVCs, member of Village Disaster Cross and DM Delegate visited Management Commi ee (VDMC) and 2 wards and a primary as well as high school in school teachers South Dagon township during 2015. They met At this ac vity, a step-by-step introduc on to with the community members and school chil- project implementa on process with role play dren and parent’s associa on, teachers and was done. Par cipants were members of ward children in school. administra on, ward volunteers, community’s health workers and teachers. 12) School BFA Training As a result, these par cipants became very in- The Project conducted Basic First Aid Train- terested to our project and par cipated all of ing for (30) children and (5) teachers in each the project ac vi es. school. (90) children and (15) teachers have been trained. 5) Basic First Aid Training in three wards In this ac vity, members of township brigades 13) School Based Disaster Risk Reduc on were trained. As a result, the communi es be- (SBDRR) came well informed and trained in First Aid, The Project conducted Basic First Aid Training and then 30% became Red Cross Volunteers. for 30 children and 5 teachers in each school, thus, 90 children and 15 teachers in total have 6) Visit of the Norwegian Ambassador skills in fi rst aid. The Norwegian Ambassador and the DM Del- egate visited a high school in south Dagon 14) Branch Offi ce Renovated Township, Yangon. They met with the commu- The Project supported for branch renova on nity members of the ward, and members of so that a suitable venue for trainings and the school and parent’s associa on, teachers mee ngs can be available. The Hlaing Thar Yar and children in the school. branch offi ce had been aff ected by the annual fl oods and needed renova ons. Support for 7) CBDRR & VCA Training the branch offi ce renova on was very useful This ac vity is very important for the whole for brigade. project, because of the two sectors: 1) non-structural and 2) structural. The village communi es felt that while both sectors are important for the development of the village, they felt that the structural aspects are more benefi cial for their community. So, fi rst, training was given, and con nued by fi eld ac vi es in ten communi es. In this ac vity, the communi es explore their needs and risks, and then to solve disaster reduc on ac vi es by Awards themselves.

8) IDDR Commemora on day A member of IDDR commemora on ceremony held with Myanmar Red Cross (300) par cipants, and it included IEC and Society won Henry project’s ac vi es photos exhibi on. Dunant Medal in 1977 for saving a soldier 9) Baseline survey whose car fell into Baseline survey was conducted interviewing the Ayeyarwady River 310 people in total (a sample of 30% of the which was icy cold at HHs per ward). that time. His name 10) Emergency Response Team (ERT) Training was Sai Aung Hlaing This ac vity was conducted one me each per Myint. He was from ward, and for the township Red Cross volun- Kachin State. teers. The Project trained a total of (105) ERT members for Hlaing Thar Yar township. 41

Enhancing Disaster Safety in Vulnerable Communi es and Schools in Myanmar Program

The Enhancing Disaster Safety in Vulnerable and CBDRR (community based disas- Communi es and Schools in Myanmar Pro- ter risk reduc on) are harmonized and gram started in July, 2013 with the overall ob- be er coordinated with Key DRR jec ve of reducing the number of deaths, in- Actors and through ac ve par cipa on juries and impact from disasters by increasing and Knowledge Sharing, safety and resilience in Myanmar. The strate- 4) Established/Strengthened Community gic objec ves of the program are - based EWEA system with linkages to (i) To build the internal capacity of the the Na onal Early Warning Early MRCS (at na onal and branch levels) to ensure Ac on System. the effi cient delivery of disaster response and 5) Improved Disaster Safety in 10 Public preparedness programs, Schools and 5 Communi es. (ii) To reduce the vulnerability of Dedaye Township and Yangon Downtown communi- At the beginning of the program, concerned es and schools by building MRCS’s capacity people at states and regional level were sen- to design and conduct appropriate disaster si zed of the programs and then three town- risk reduc on educa on. ships (Dedaye, Kyauktada and Botataung The program expected to achieve the follow- Townships) were ini ally selected in coordi- ing fi ve themes; na on and coopera on with them. A er that, program implementa on units (villages and 1) Established Emergency Opera on communi es) were selected with reference to Center (EOC) to Coordinate Future Community Based Disaster Risk Reduc on (CB- Emergency Response Opera ons, DRR) Common Framework and tools. Later on, 2) Enhanced DM Capacity of MRCS at fi ve communi es and its 5 schools in Dedaye Headquarters and Branch Levels, Township, 3 Schools in Botahtaung Township 3) MRCS’s Key DRR Components (EWEA and 2 schools in Kyauktada Township were se- (early ac on early ac on), SBDRR lected. Since then, the branches, communi es (school based disaster risk reduc on) and schools were capacitate with reference to program fi ve themes of implementa on.

Project Period: July 2014 to June 2018

Project Area: Kyarinn Seikkyi & Hlaing Bwe Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 163 Persons

Austrian Red Cross (ARC) 42

In this repor ng period, a func onal EOC has me to respond to unprecedented fl ooding been established; it was u lized for the fi rst in late July which aff ected over 12 regions of me during the 2015 fl oods response opera- Myanmar. The EOC became a base for fl ood ons. The Red Cross Branches in the program response ac vi es and helped disseminate in- implementa on area are capacitate with of- forma on and warnings to the local townships fi ce furniture and response equipment as well and communi es, coordina ng the response as IGA grants support and trainings to RCV. and liaising with the na onal EOC. The MRCS Branches were func oning with their own EOC Offi cer served as a liaison offi cer to the resources and they implemented their annu- Na onal EOC in Nay Pyi Taw, again a fi rst for al work plan. Likewise, the former School Di- MRCS. Coordina on with the na onal EOC saster Management Commi ee (SDMC) at 10 was supported by the OFDA Adviser, Mr Don schools developed their safety plans and test- Price based at the na onal EOC. Based on ed them. The Village Disaster Management the lessons learned from the current fl ood Commi ee (VDMC) members were trained response, the MRCS Standard Opera ng Pro- for capacity building training such as Emer- cedures (SOPs) for disaster response and the gency Response Team Trainings, Light Search EOC SOP was revised and it was presented to and Rescue Training and EWEA training. They MRCS ECs. Overall, a func onal EOC has been assessed their village vulnerability and capac- established and it has been u lized for diff er- ity and produced maps. Moreover, the VDMC ent disaster skills. As a result, the coordina on developed Village Disaster Management Plan and communica on between MRCS’s EOC and and prac ced governmental agencies, par cularly with DMH Cyclone Hazard Drill in this repor ng period. and RRD, is strengthened. The recruited Village Red Cross Volunteers made Household Visit and shared their DRR 2. Strengthening the Capacity of knowledge to their neighbor’s topics basis. Three MRCS Branches The program completed most of the remain- Project implementa on townships: Botataung, ing ac vi es in this repor ng period and it is Kyautada and Dedaye were assessed for their on schedule to complete all ac vi es by the Branch Capacity with reference to Branch De- planned comple on date of February 29, 2016. velopment Model of MRCS in coordina on with Organiza onal Development Depart- Achievement against Target ment of MRCS. Key fi ndings in the branches for the fi rst me in fi rst quarter of 2015 were: In 2015 this program covered 334 staff and RCVs for ERT Emergency training, LSAR training, PCM • Red Cross Red Cross Movement training, computer training, EWEA training and known edge needs to be disseminated recruiter training. to the Red Cross execu ve commi ee (governance) members and general 1. The Establishment of an public. Emergency Opera on Center (EOC) • Volunteer recruiters should be trained Establishing an EOC is essen al for eff ec ve who could then expand the volunteer emergency response coordina on as well as base of the branch. ac va ng early warning systems in order to • At present, the branch does not have protect lives and livelihoods. The EOC was an offi ce building but at least there equipped by installa on of communica on should be a temporary offi ce and it and informa on sharing channels; so and should have basic offi ce furniture and hard wares such as installa on of comput- equipment. er, telephone (wire and wireless), fax, maps, EOC Facebook page, high speed Internet lines, Based on the assessment results, the branch- business con nuity planning such as power es developed their 2015 work plan and imple- back up system, dry ra on etc. mented accordingly. Within 2015, the project The established EOC was ac vated for the fi rst 43

organized the following training in terms of 2. Earthquake preparedness and risk Branch Capacity Building to Red Cross Volun- reduc on talk by the Vice President of teers and Staff s based on their need. the Myanmar Earthquake Commi ee; Trained Recruiters of the Branches later on 3. Showcase of mini exhibi on of DRR recruited beyond their set targets. Moreover, related ac vi es by township Red the branches from Yangon organized Red Cross branch Cross dissemina on sessions with support of the project and HV & C Department. As a re- In Dedaye Township, the commemora on was sult, many local people and organiza on/ de- conducted on 15th October 2015 with more partments who are closely working with Red than 200 people a ending from 90 villages Cross became more aware of RC movements. and diff erent administra ve departments such Along with capacity building, the project pro- as development planning, fi re brigade, policy, vided offi ce equipment such as furniture, and health, among others. The commemora- computer, printer, cupboard, fi les, sta onery on ac vi es and photos were uploaded to as well as Income Genera on Grant Support the event’s Facebook page: (2,500,000 MMK per branch) with reference https://www.facebook.com/konay.winaung.90/ posts/1668064403468434?pnref=story to the Branch Capacity Assessment. Firstly, the branches called for a mee ng to decide what Further, the program team par cipated in the IGA should be done and then, three branch- Yangon Regional Level IDDR Commemora on es decided on Micro-credit to RCVs, Educa on prepara on. The regional government decid- and Health Staff s. The Botataung and Kyauta- ed to showcase a video highligh ng the risk of da branches started IGA since September 2015 earthquake and to raise awareness of disaster and they have received interest from the IGA preparedness. One of the program schools, as their income which they are planning to use the Basic Educa on High School Number 6 for training and other branch offi ce running (BEHS 6) in Botahtaung, was selected as the cost and emergency response. loca on for the video since signifi cant disas- Addi onally, the project provided Emergency ter risk reduc on ac vi es have had been Response Team Kits as well as communica on conducted by the school with the program’s devices based on the assessment fi ndings. support. The video was made with full par c- The supported communica on devices are ipa on and support from the program team VHF Radio and icon under approval of respec- members as well as SDMC members, teachers ve township administra on, CDMA phone and students. The video can be found here: and hand set, laptop, motorbike and bicycle. https://www.facebook.com/mrtvwebmediapor- During October, the Interna onal Day for Di- tal/videos/976018069110686/ saster Reduc on (IDDR) commemora on was h ps://www.youtube.com/a ribu on_link?a=YB- organized by the township Red Cross branch- dwltyxd54&u=%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DGHp- es in collabora on with the Township General J2pZovTU%26feature%3Dshare Administra on Department with support from the program. The program team also support- The video was broad-casted at the Parliament ed the regional and na onal level commemo- House during the Yangon Regional Level IDDR ra ons organized in Yangon and Nay Pyi Taw Commemora on on 13th October 2015. The respec vely. photos from the program were displayed in a The IDDR commemora on at Dedaye had photo exhibi on and Informa on Educa on three main points on its agenda: and Communica on (IECs) materials were distributed. Disaster relief and preparedness tool 1. Brief explana on about IDDR objec ves kits were also displayed at a mini-exhibi on at along with UN Secretary General’s the venue. Saw Htoo Aung, a Grade 10 student message by the Head of Township at one of the program schools, won the third General Administra on Department posi on in the pain ng compe on under the (GAD) and Deputy Director, Disaster theme of “Knowledge for Life. Management Department, MRCS. 44

As an outcome of building up of the capacity mi ee members. In term of money resource, of branch, the branches are func oning and the project supported Disaster Emergency implemen ng respec ve branch Red Cross Fund to VDMC a er they have submi ed their movement and response ac ons. Further- fund management proposal to MRCS HQ. more, branches have close coordina on with Simultaneously the project ini ated for de- HQ and working together with program staff veloping of EWEA manual for MRCS. A series for con nua on and sustainability of project of mee ngs was done in this repor ng period ac vi es in respec ve schools and communi- and the fi rst dra of manual came out in early es by their own. In the second term branch July. Based on that, the EWEA Na onal Level capacity assessment, Branches from Yangon Training of Trainers was conducted in August. increased their grade from C to B while De- The trained Trainer conducted mul plier train- daye branch boosted its grade from B to A. ing in September with support of RIMES and The project staff s are capacitate for DRR and DMH and it benefi ted to 34 par cipants (M- Response and it brought up the MRCS re- 16, F-17). The training aimed at raising par c- sponse and DRR capacity. ipants’ awareness of the early warning early ac on framework, highlighted the stakehold- a. Establishment of Community-based ers and iden fi ed their roles in the early warn- EWEA System with Linkages to the ing early ac on and poten al gaps that the Na onal Early Warning System. early warning and early ac on system could fi ll. In order to reach this goal, the training A community-based Early Warning Early Ac- was designed to fi rst introduce par cipants on (EWEA) system is one of the top needs in to early warning system through group work Myanmar and the project aimed to establish and games. This was then preceded by elabo- and strengthen a community-based EWEA sys- ra ng on the mul ple elements of the system. tem in fi ve selected communi es in Dedaye Eventually the training par cipants joined in a as a pilot. With reference to CBDRR Common desktop simula on exercises geared towards Framework of MRCS, the small unit, commu- tes ng exis ng early warning early ac on sys- ni es were selected by following set criteria. tem in their respec ve communi es. In this repor ng period, the formed Village This included the tes ng of the communica- Disaster Management Commi ee members on equipment installed in each community of 35 persons are trained for Light Search and by the project. In addi on to the simula on Rescue training (M-17, F-18). Accessibility to drill at the training venue, simula on exercises mely informa on and its mely dissemina- were also conducted in the project communi- on is one the major concerns around disaster es. These exercises were conducted in coor- warning systems, par cularly in cyclone prone, dina on with, and support of Department of delta areas. In order to ensure the mely dis- Meteorology and Hydrology, Government of semina on of the early warning messages in a Myanmar, RIMES, MRCS headquarters, MRCS reliable manner, the project supported the in- Ayeyarwaddy state branch and MRCS Dedaye stalla on of communica on equipment to the township branch. A majority of par cipants, VDMCs such as CDMA phone and handset and who were community members from project bicycle as well as CBDRR Kits for emergency re- communi es, were sa sfi ed with the training sponse and implementa on of their DRR plan. contents, design, teaching method and logis- The project facilitated for developing and up- cal arrangement. The consultant submi ed da ng of VDMC members and their response the fi nal dra from their end to MRCS and plan including roles and responsibili es. A er the manuals are under reviewed of MRCS and prepara on and upda ng the response plan, American Red Cross. community level drill was organized in order As an impact of program implementa on to test the response plan. Drill scenario was in villages, the village Red Cross Volunteer based on Cyclone hazard with same path of numbers are increasing and the number of Nargis. The VDMC reviewed their response Red Cross ac ve members increased to 180. plan and revised a er debriefi ng with the com- 45

Among the trained Red Cross Volunteers of villages, 19 volunteers conducted Household “Training topics are very useful for us either as Visit to their neighbors in respec ve villages. knowledge or applica on. I The following is the list of villagers benefi ted like “moving in the smoke and from the household visits by VDMC member, 13 ways of using rope to rescue” Village Red Cross Volunteers. The VDMC so far sessions very much. I had chance to is developing their 2016 work plan and prepar- prac ce every demonstra on. Last week, ing to hand over the DRR ac vi es implemen- a fi re broke out in the science prac cal room ta on and con nua on at their village. and two girls were stuck in the room. I and my two friends, with whom I had shared the training knowl- b. Improving Disaster Safety in 10 Public edge, went into the room by crawling under the Schools smoke and rescued the girls from the room. I like this training very much and I In recent years, the Ministry of Educa on has recommended my friend to a end ini ated school DRR ac vi es and a number this kind of training.” of agencies such as MRCS, UNSECO, UNICEF, Myint Myint Soe UNDP, ADPC, MES, SEEDS Asia, and Plan In- Par cipant from terna onal are suppor ng SBDRR measures. ERT Training-BTH However, there is s ll an immense need to further scale up the quality and coverage of SB- DRR ac vi es. This project signifi cantly contributed to increasing the quality and reach of SBDRR programs at 10 public schools in Yan- gon and Dedaye. In this repor ng period, formed School Disas- ter Management Commi ee (SDMC) members conducted Vulnerability and Capacity Assess- ment (VCA) to their schools in Dedaye a er learning VCA from Dedaye Branch Volunteers. The SDMC produced maps of their school and they developed school disaster safety plan based on fi ndings of VCA. Likewise, SDMC from Yangon schools updated their maps and safety plan. Drills for each school took place over two days. Day 1 involved a mee ng with SDMC members including an hour briefi ng to review the drill. SDMC then worked together with project team (both staff and volunteers) to revisit maps, roles and responsibili es of commi ee members and re-confi rming safe evacua on places in case of fi re and earthquakes. During the a ernoon, each classroom within the school prac ced how to evacuate and respond to both hazards. This prac ce was led by trained Red Cross volunteers and SDMC members. On Day 2, a school-wide drill led by SDMCs with support from the Red Cross was prac ced twice. The alarm for the drill was set off by the chair of the SDMC. A er the drill, a debriefi ng was conducted which helped 46

Key Issues and Recommenda ons; to iden fy further improvements within their • Achal Chaung Wa Village couldn’t School Disaster Safety Plan. The school drills conduct drill as per plan as drill benefi ted all students in each school. conducted in 2014 caused death of In program implementa on school, a series one villager. Moreover, one more drill of awareness ac vi es are organized an IDDR per each community remains as per commemora on events along with awareness plan and the VDMC included it in their raising led by SDMC members with support of VDMC DRR Plan. The project should program team and Township Red Cross Branch follow up with them and should Volunteers is one of them. There were two provide support if and when needed. main agenda points for the commemora on • Since teachers and students are fully of this year: occupied with their primary studies, it is a burden for teachers to work over 1. Disaster risk reduc on awareness- the weekend in order to avoid school raising talk by School Teacher/ hours. Hence if DRR topics and aware- Principal; ness rising based on diff erent grade is included in the curriculum, it would be 2. Videos of an earthquake drill disaster good entry point for SBDRR implemen- risk reduc on cartoons were shown. ta on. • Some of the used IECs are child friend- The event reached almost all students in the ly. However some of them are not. The respec ve schools and all three township Red newly developed teaching tools based Cross branches par cipated in the event. More on age wise, could be good to apply details on the events can be found at: SBDRR implementa on https://www.facebook.com/MyanmarRedCross- Botahtaung/posts/445636782288775 The lessons learned workshop was conduct- https://www.facebook.com/MyanmarRedCross- ed with representa ves from VDMC, SDMC, Botahtaung/posts/445462402306213 Township Red Cross Volunteers, program staff s and support staff s on Feb 1 and 2, 2016. A set MRCS made agreement with SEEDS Asia to of lessons learned are documented as follows; develop/ adopt SBDRR program implementa on guidelines, SBDRR TOT curriculum and • Traveling distance of villages from the materials considering the context of Myan- Township should be one of the criteria mar and Myanmar Red Cross Society’s current for village selec on. SBDRR work with the objec ve of enhancing • Se ng up ming of Community par - the quality and eff ec veness of MRCS’ SBDRR cipa on ac vity should reference to program. Hence SEEDS Asia developed teach- seasonal calendar and should happen ing and learning tools for awareness raising a er thorough discussion with the with child friendly method and guidelines for community members. So that conduc ng earthquake drill at school in close • Program orienta on should be done consulta on and coopera on with Myanmar once per year or as and when needed Red Cross Program Staff s, American Red Cross at least at Township Level. staff and School Disaster Management Com- • Concrete advice should be given to mi ee members. A er developing of the said respec ve people for selec on of Red tools and documents, the project organized Cross, school and community cham- SBDRR ToT Training together with SEEDS Asia pions in order to avoid trained people to 28 par cipants (M-11, F-17) from Dedaye, dropping out as much as possible. Pro- Botataung, Kyautada and Bago Township. gram did not produce monitoring tools for diff erent ac vi es in the 47

beginning. It would be good to produce Special Opera on in Rakhine State monitoring tools for diff erent ac vi es a er se ng up of the program design. Since September 2014 MRCS has launched • In the context of program implementa- the Rakhine Special Program, based in Si we. on, community (school and village) With this, MRCS is addressing some of the realized that they need this kind of wider needs of vulnerable people in both Ra- CBDRR and SBDRR ac vi es at their khine and Muslim communi es in the areas of community and overall they are happy Primary Health care and Livelihoods Support. to share their knowledge to their fel- lows and neighbors as well as they would Mobile Clinics like to request program to expand to Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) has been other vulnerable communi es as much responding to the displacement crisis in Rakh- as possible. ine since its onset in June 2012. As a means of • The program has received many com- providing human resources within a sensi ve munity feedback including good and communal confl ict, it has deployed teams of bad and the following are the some Red Cross volunteers on a monthly basis from of the feedback related to program other States/Regions in the country to support training, workshop and ac vity; opera ons, and has slowly built up a program team of recruited MRCS staff who are based in Si we. By 2015, the work of the mobile clinic become more organized as the teams got more guidance and instruc on, during this me 600 children and adult par cipated in public awareness campaign and 450 volunteers were trained on First Aid training in 15 camps and villages with a support from IFRC “This training is similar and QRC. The State Health Department (SHD) to Disaster Management assigned MRCS to provide primary health care and ERT Training that most of to the 3 camps and 13 villages. you a ended. However, the design During 2015, MRCS gave humanitarian as- and teaching aids & method and sistance of Primary Health care to the 2508 of course the contents are more technical and detailed than the said popula on who were directly aff ected by the training in order to make your warning confl ict. 14 referral cases had been made by and ac on eff ec ve and effi cient.” this team. More than 200 Red Cross Volun- teers from State and Divisions helped in Pri- Opening Speech by mary Health care ac vi es for direct aff ected U Nay Win, MRCS branch leader, popula on. Rakhine Special Program Chest Dedaye township (21.9.2015) infec on, Diabetes Mellitus, Hypertension and @ EWEA Community Mild diarrhea are four major problems among the pa ents treated in both camps and villages. Others type of diagnosis is ll the highest rank of primary health care treatment process. Common cold and Gastri s seems to be phe- nomenal from April to November 2015 which is assumed caused by the raining season and Saving lives, Komen’s fl ash fl ood take place in Rakhine, while Malaria and Dengue Fever are not found changing minds during the pa ent diagnosis. 48

Livelihood Program To improve the household economic securi- During the repor ng period of 2015, 1,337 no. ty of communi es indirectly aff ected by the of households of indirectly aff ected benefi cia- communal confl ict and displacement in Rakh- ries received condi onal cash transfer to (re) ine State, 561 households received amount of start agricultural ac vi es (e.g. seeds, tools, money at the fi rst phase and 772 households fer lizer, land rental support). A total of 623 received approximately 127,213,370 MMK at of households in indirectly aff ected ‘isolat- the second phase. ed’ or host villages received condi onal cash transfer in two installments to (re)start small Minbya fl ood recovery livelihood business or pe y trade income genera ng ac- project vi es. 120 of households receiving technical training linked to cash transfer or agricultural The main focus was on helping vulnerable support to improve the household economic households who have been aff ected by the security of Muslim and Rakhine communi es fl oods to recover their exis ng livelihoods. indirectly aff ected by communal confl ict and 950 households were targeted and each of the displacement in Si we Township, Rakhine 1,306 vulnerable households received 180,000 State. MMK. Minbya Branch offi ce of uncondi onal Cash In par cular, the Livelihood Program aim to grant decided 1,400 benefi ciaries from Khaung increase income genera on opportuni es in Laung Ywar Thit, Khaung Laung Ywar Haung, both Rakhine and Muslim communi es and Ze Hwar, Naw Naw (Bengali), Naw Naw (Ra- consist of both cash transfer interven ons khine), Ah Pyin Dond Shaung, Ah Twin Dond Condi onal Cash Grants, Cash for Works (CCG, Shaung, Na Din Ywar Thit, Tan Seik, Kan Pe vil- CFW) and other on-farm/ off -farm integrated lages in Minbya Township. ac vi es where relevant. The overall objec ve A total of 10,250 blankets had been distribut- of the program is to improve the household ed to the 6,737 households in Rakhine Region economic security of Muslim and Rakhine before 2015 winter. communi es indirectly aff ected by communal confl ict and displacement in Si we Township, Disaster Response Rakhine State. Livelihood team implemented with par c- Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) is con nu- ipa on of communi es (grounded on PRA ally undertaking disaster preparedness; MRCS methodologies, and forming a community is carrying out the evalua ons of the vic ms, livelihoods commi ee); Household Economic opening relief camps, providing food and wa- Assessment; Markets rapid appraisal and com- ter, healthcare and relief items in the confl ict muni es’ recommenda ons, the following ac- areas when disasters such as fi re, storm, fl ood, vi es were iden fi ed as the most appropri- internal confl icts or communal confl ict and ate response op ons: earthquake occur. A er the disasters, MRCS also implements the rehabilita on with com- • Condi onal Cash Grants (CCG) for munity par cipa on. During the report pe- income-genera ng ac vi es/ small riod, MRCS has provided relief services and business/ pe y trade. The CCG is healthcare for the needy in 300 numbers of provided in two installments Poten al disaster processes. individual benefi ciaries’ business plan is submi ed as part of the selec on process. • Support to agricultural produc on, we decided to provide cash according on local market availability of relevant item. 49

Kachin Special Opera on Community-Based First Aid Program- ming for IDPs and Host Communi es During the repor ng period, Kachin special Opera on contributed humanitarian supports First aid programming is a core sector of MRCS such as CBHFA TOT, mul plier trainings, DRR and a normal entry point to IDP and host com- Training in Myitkyina, Bhamo, Winemaw, Hpa muni es. IDPs are vulnerable and exposed to Kantm MoeNyinm Moe Kaung, Moe Mauk, higher health-related risks during their pro- Mansi, Shwe Ku, Kar Mine, Chi Pwe, Pan War, longed period of displacement in camps. Con- lwe Gei and Kanpaitee townships. A Total of di ons are crowded, Watsan and shelter infra- 1,830 benefi ciaries par cipated in these train- structure remains below SPHERE standards in ings. many camps, and the confl ict and land-mine Nine Red Cross dissemina on secessions were context presents specifi c health risks. Engaged provided in nine townships of Kachin region with community-based approach, 61 mes of and a total of 232 male and 213 female par c- CBFA (mul plier) trainings with 11 Training ipants received knowledge on Red Cross. kits, 75 advanced First Aid Kits, 1,830 small During the repor ng period, provided by First Aid Kits and 1,830 manuals were support- MRCS with the support from IFRC. 100 benefi - ed to the communi es in IDP camps. It also ciaries from IDP camps from Kachin Opera on provided the opportunity to build capacity of received Livelihood support. RCVs, branches, and locally employed MRCS staff . Under this context, MRCS trained 1,680 Kachin Special Opera on communi es’ volunteers in 2015. And also 1,340 benefi ciaries (Male-559, Female-760, MRCS responded to the Kachin displacement Children -21) had received Mine Risk Aware- crisis since 2012 and 2013 in the Govern- ness in six Townships of the Kachin Region. ment controlled areas, through its State and There are a number of factors which are spe- Township branches, u lizing its network of cifi c to the IDP context in Kachin State, which trained RCVs. The interven ons included Non could be integrated into an expanded curricu- Food Items (NFI) distribu ons as well as water lum for First Aid, and further ac vi es for the trucking during the dry season to selected IDP IDPs, such as: camps. Kachin Special Opera on is implemented with • Public health and hygiene promo on, aim to improve economic security and safety especially in a displacement/ camp of IDP households and host communi es in context the Kachin government controlled area during • Psychological fi rst aid, especially given the prolonged period of displacement, while the trauma of displacement and confl ict increasing the understanding of the role of • Mine Risk Educa on/ Awareness MRCS and the RC Movement in Kachin State. (in conjunc on with ICRC) During 2015, the opera on conducted as follows : Humanitarian Diplomacy, Dissemina on & Communica ons Supported Livelihoods of IDPs As a star ng point for the Road Map in Kachin, Helping to rebuild livelihoods and restart in- and to strengthen all future interven ons, come genera ng ac vi es for IDPs is one of MRCS must undertake ac vi es which im- the main sectoral gaps in the humanitarian prove its reputa on in the State as an inde- response in Kachin. In 2015, 100 households pendent, neutral humanitarian organiza on. receive direct livelihoods support and a cash This includes dissemina on of RC Principles, transfer of 24,930,000 (MMK) had been trans- and humanitarian diplomacy, as well as clearly ferred to IDPs in Myitkyina and Wine Maw se ng out its plans and future objec ves in Townships. the State. The scale-up of MRCS ac vi es itself 50 will also contribute to strengthening this message. In 2015, 88 numbers of Kachin community stakeholders a ended MRCS dialogue and humanitarian diplomacy events in Mogaung and Kanpaitee Townships.

Flood Opera on The President of MRCS has reconfi rmed the na onal priori es: to save lives; to protect Due to the torren al rain during June and July livelihoods; to restore cri cal infrastructure. 2015 and the eff ect of Cyclone Komen, which The Government confi rmed that the priority made landfall in Bangladesh on July 30th, al- is to clean hospitals, schools and residences most the whole country of Myanmar (except but there is insuffi cient clean water (including Naypyidaw and Taninthayari Region and Kayah clean water) to clean the areas where water State) was aff ected by heavy fl ooding. The has receded. The Myanmar Red Cross Soci- most seriously suff ered areas were; Chin State, ety is helping and providing reliefs and reha- Rakhine State, Sagaing Region and Magway bilita on assistance to thousands of people Region. As fl ooding in Mon and Kayin State aff ected by fl ooding and landslides in 12 Re- were same as regular yearly fl ooding pa ern, gions and States across the country. A total the local governments had taken responsi- number of 1,432 Red Cross Volunteers (RCVs) bili es for taking care of themselves. of MRCS were helping and providing ac on According to available data from branches of support services. In most townships across Myanmar Red Cross Society in the aff ected ar- the country, MRCS and its volunteers were the eas, as of October 2015, a total of 1.7 million fi rst responders and were responsible for Early of persons from 195,443 households had been Warnings, but also for evacua ons. And RCVs aff ected by the fl ooding and landslides. Com- were mobilizing tens of thousands of people munica ons and transporta on infrastructure and evacua ng them to safer areas. Moreover, have been impacted, and fl ood waters have they supported the government and local or- reduced in many areas. According to the Min- ganiza ons in se ng up temporary camps istry of Agriculture and Irriga on, fl ooding where the RCVs were giving First Aid Services has damaged nearly 1.5 millions of acres of and Psychosocial support in addi on to dis- farmlands and out of which 495,000 acres had tribu ng tarpaulins, hygiene kit and other re- been replanted. lief items.

Project Period: July 2014 to June 2018

Project Area: Kyarinn Seikkyi & Hlaing Bwe Townships

No. of Beneﬁ ciaries 163 Persons

Austrian Red Cross (ARC) 51

Achievement against target: Relief Phase:

A er the relief phase, the fl ood opera ons During the relief period, the President of team was formed with 6 staff s those who are MRCS has reconfi rmed the na onal priori es: recruited by IFRC to be par cipate in recovery to save lives; to protect livelihoods; to restore interven ons at Yangon offi ce. That team has cri cal infrastructure. The Government con- con nued responses with Recovery Needs As- fi rmed that the priority is to clean hospitals, sessment (RNA) in order to provide necessary schools and residences but there is insuffi - assistances that are based on the fi ndings of cient clean water (including clean water) to assessment, to the most aff ected necessitous clean the areas where water has receded Ac- people from all coverage areas, which is orga- cording to the Myanmar Government short- nized by MRCS and collaborated with IFRC. The term and rapid recovery plan for the fl oods assessment had been done in 3 villages in Hin- issued by the Na onal Natural Disaster Man- thada Township, and 2 villages in Kyaung Gone agement Commi ee, there are three types Township in Ayeyarwady Region, from 16th to of disasters resul ng in the following iden - 22nd September 2015, in which 5,000 people fi ca on and priori za on of project areas are from 1,000 households had been accessed by Sagaing Region, Chin State, Ayeyarwady Re- the assessment. gion and Rakhine State on 18th August 2015. The hub offi ce for fl ood recovery phase had And it announced that total of 1,010,167 been established with 7 staff s that were re- people have been aff ected and 110 people cruited by IFRC in Kalay Township during Sep- have died, cumula vely up to 2015 August, tember 2015. The Hub team facilitated staff s 211,709 households had been displaced. The from MRCS and delegates from IFRC in Kalay damaged farmlands have been spread widely and Hakha Townships for the purpose of ad- as such as 1.29 million of acres and 687,200 vocacy and recovery needs assessment (RNA) acres of crops had been damaged by fl ooding in fl ood aff ected areas. A er this, coordina on and landslides. with local authori es and relevant stakehold- As of September 2015, the water level of ers was done during 7th to 18th Oct 2015. The Chindwin River was con nuously rising and RNA’s results reinforced the need to rapidly so relief opera ons in the villages and wards respond to situa ons in order that recovery of Khan Htee and Homalin Townships were eff orts can be done in an appropriate way. The needed. According to the measurement on support of the donor community is key to help 3rd September at 10:30 am, Chindwin Riv- provide relief and support recovery to build er reached to 1540 cen meter, which had back and strengthen the resilience of the af- reached the danger level of River Chindwin fected popula ons. The fi ndings of the assess- compares to normal condi on. Besides, 360 ment are being complemented by the plan of cen meter of water was covering the Town- ac on. ship. MRCS and Singapore Red Cross Med- ical Team had visited the 7 aff ected villages in Min Kin Township, Sagaing Region and carried out medical treatment and provided medicines. A few days later, the water levels of Ayeyarwaddy River rose also in Minbu 1 feet, and Magway, and Seithu, to 1.5 feet below the danger water level, and reached danger levels in 3 days. Sugges ons were made and communi es of Minbu and Seiktha Townships in Magway Region were moved to higher and safe areas. 52

House- State/ Aﬀ ected Aﬀ ected People People No. Townships hold Region People HHs Reached Supported Reached

(1). Thandwe, (2). Taunggoke,(3). Ann, (4). Gwa, (5).Butheetaung, (6).Kyaunktaw, (7). Maungtaw,(8).Ponnakyun, 1 Rakhine 169,280 25,970 6,149 30,745 7,647 (9). Minbya,(10). Myauk Oo, (11). Munaung, (12). Pauktaw, (13). Rathedaung, (14). Myaebon, (15). Si we.

(1). Kawlin, (2).Minkin, (3).Kantpalu, (4). Kunghla,(5). Kani, (6). Homemalin, (7). Monywa, (8). Budaling, (9). Ayadaw, (10). Ye-U, (11). Khin-U, (12). Watlat, 2 Sagaing 183,870 39,879 3,128 15,640 71,903 (13). Tigyaing, (14). Indaw, (15).Salingyi, (16) Yinmabin, (17).Chaung-U, (18).Sagaing,(19) Myinmu, (20). Kale, (21).Kalay Wa, (22).Tamu, (23).Myaung

(1). Pwint Phyu, (2).Seikpyu, (3).Sidoktaya, (4).Yesagyo, (5). Yenanchaung, 3 Magway 181,058 40,980 1,200 6,000 12,438 (6).Pakokku, (7).Minhla, (8).Thayet, (9). Chauk, (10).Kanma, (11).Aunglan

(1). Hakha, (2). Matupi, (3).Paletwa, (4) Sarme, (5). Falam, (6). Kanpalet, 4 Chin 15,087 2,952 877 9,203 9,054 (7). Mindat, (8). Tedim, (9). Tunzan, (10). Thantlang, (11). Razor. (1). Mogoke, (2). Singu, (3). Thabakekyin, 5 Mandalay 12,130 2,291 330 1,650 3,421 (4). Nyaung U,(5). Myingyan 6 Karin (1). Hpa-an, (2). Hlaingbwe, (3). Hpapon. 7,090 1,329 300 1,500 - (1). Kyaikhto, (2). Thaton,(3). Chaungzone, 7 Mon 8,002 1,778 176 880 - (4). Paung, (5). Bilin, (6).Kyaukhto (1). Zalun, (2). Ingapu, (3). Hinthada, (4). Nyaung don, (5). Myanaung, (6).Danuphyu, (7).Yekyi, (8). Kyangin, 8 Ayeyarwaddy (9). Maubin, (10). Pathein, 370,709 44,050 3,332 16,660 177,260 (11). Nga Thaing Chaung, (12). Tharbaung, (13). Kyaikla , (14). Pantanaw, (15). Kyaungkon, (16). Kangyidaunt 9 Kachin (1).Mokaung, (2). Bamaw, (3).Phant Kant 4,857 908 427 2,135 230 (1).Bago, (2).Padaung, (3).Pyay, (4).Shwedaung, (5).Moenyo,(6).Thaegon, (7).Thayarwady (8).Oakpho, (9). Paungde, (10).Na alin, (11).Zigon, (12).Kyopinn- 10 Bago 81,021 19,943 721 3,605 100,852 gauk, (13).Minhla(14).Nayunglaypin, (15).Shwekyin, (16).Kawa, (17).Kyaukkyi, (18). Letpadan, (19).Paukkaung (1). Oakkan, (2). N Okkalapa,(3). Thongwa, 11 Yangon 58,126 14,679 54 270 - (4). Hmawbe, (5). Taikkyi. 12 Shan (1). Tachileik, (2). Mongyong 261 54 397 1,985 - Total 1,091,435 195,443 17,091 90,279 382,805 53

Recovery Phase:

Livelihoods The Myanmar Red Cross Society (MRCS) pro- Uncondi onal Cash Transfer Program (CTP) vided assistance to 1,659 households (8,295 In terms of the approach of project interven- people) through uncondi onal cash grant in on, forming of Village Recovery Commi ee 18 villages in Kalay, Tamu and Hakha Town- (VRC) had been established in 11 villages from ships. By doing so 81% of planned Household Kalay and Tamu Townships. In Kalay Township, targeted had been reached. Addi onal 630 10 villages and in Tamu Township, 1 village households (3,150 people) will be further sup- were established by Hub’s team from 5th to ported during the months of February and 10th Nov 2015. Regarding the methodology of March 2016. A one- me off mul purpose cash selec ng member of VRC, it was chosen with grant in the amount of 5 lakhs will be provid- the par cipa on of community. Then repre- ed to support fl ood aff ected families for their senta ve of each village administra on teams early recovery needs. Post-distribu on moni- confi rmed the members who are chosen by toring had been completed in 15 villages that the community in each village. Moreover, received MRCS support through the CTP. The women were also empowered to involve into preliminary results showed that benefi ciaries VRCs. There are a total 5 members of the Com- spent the grants to cover for their early recov- mi ee involve in each VRC, (i.e. 1 President, 1 ery needs. Among MRCS coverage area, 1,590 Secretary and 2 members for administra ons). households (7,950 people) from 38 villages of The hub team visited around 11 villages and Magway and Ayeyarwaddy region had benefi t- gave awareness on rules, regula ons and re- ed by the uncondi onal cash grant. Moreover, sponsibili es of VRCs a er forming VRCs. Be- 10 households are planned to grant cash in sides, arrangement for Cash Transfer Program Ayeyarwady Region following to the assess- training and fi nalizing the benefi ciary criteria ment from 23rd to 25th November 2015 was made A er cash distribu ons, computeriza on of among coverage villages in Kalay Township. the data of CTP’s outputs in the proper frame- Hub team facilitated in Cash Transfer Program work and data of Exist Surveying through 154 training and Community Engagements train- numbers of appropriate formats, is being done ing to VRCs and RCVs which was jointly pro- by Hub team monthly. Hub team modifi ed the vided by MRCS and IFRC at Hub offi ce in Kalay benefi ciary criteria for Phase-II of CTP and pro- Township. There were 55 members of VRCs vided electric loom in coverage area according and 17 RCVs from Kalay and Tamu Townships, to the plan. Besides, a one-day session on the including 1Staff from Yangon Offi ce and 5 fi eld subject of Post Distribu on Monitoring (PDM) staff s from Hub offi ce have par cipated in the to the necessary staff s was provided. training with two courses from 20th to 25th No- ( 1 HH = on average 5 family members) vember 2015. A er that, fi eld team distributed ‘benefi ciary criteria iden fi ca on form’ to WATSAN trainees who are representa ves of each village for fi lling forms by matching benefi ciary Latrines Construc on households, to be submi ed by 30th Novem- During the repor ng period,according to the ber 2015. This process will be followed up by plan of the hub offi ce, 142 fl y proof household the fi eld team along the period. latrines to be constructed in Aye Tharyar and- In terms of diversity of needs of aff ected peo- KyoukKar in Kalay Township 500 latrines have ple in diff erent loca ons of project coverage been constructed at the In Magway Region areas, MRCS and IFRC had decided to provide (300 numbers) and in Ayeyarwady Region, (200 cash in these following areas; in Kalay, Tamu numbers) of the fl ooded area. MRCS WATSAN and Hakha Townships, 500,000 MMK per team also constructed 300 nos. of household household and in Magway and Ayeyarwady latrines and school latrines in Kalay, Tamu and Regions, 300,000 MMK per household. Hakha Townships. 54

Health

Health Educa ons Sidoktaya Townships in Magway Region, Kyo- Flood Opera ons team has been disseminat- ung Kone and Hinthada Townships in Ayeyar- ing basic Health topics in coverage villages wady Region are in process of tendering and among Magway and Ayeyarwady Regions towards approval. In terms of sustainability, which is jointly incorporated with uncondi- the project team will be providing briefi ng onal cash distribu on. That was taking about sessions regarding disasters and their eff ects 20 minutes in each session and upon the topic to gain knowledge on how important it is to of personal Hygiene, usage of fl y proof latrines reduce the poten al disasters and on commu- and basic awareness of some transmi ed dis- nity resilience skills by maintaining those kinds eases such as Malaria, Dengue Fever and Di- of community infrastructures such as safe arrhea. In Sagaing Region and Chin State, it is places during disasters. process to cooperate in together with Phase-II The next plan is to construct (1) Sub-RHC, (2) of CTP in next year 2016. Schools, (1) village main road and (1) water Moreover, 1,590 nos. of mosquito nets for retaining walling MRCS coverage areas (i.e. preven on diseases that can come from mos- Magway and Ayeyarwady Regions). quito's was distributed together with cash to each CTP’s benefi ciaries in Magway and Community Based Disaster Ayeyarwaddy Regions was provided through Risk Reduc on (CBDRR) Training MRCS funding and par cipated by focal RCVs for those areas. Training of Trainers (ToT) of CBDRR was provided to 30 trainees from Kalay, Tamu and Hakha Medicines Distribu on Townships for 5 days in February. This was Medicines that were donated by Taiwanese facilitated by resource persons from Disaster Red Cross, were distributed for fl ood aff ected Management Department. communi es in Teik Gyi, Kyoung Kone and Hin- thada Townships had been done by Flood Op- Distribu on of Televisions with era ons team. In each Township, set of medi- so ware Health Educa on inside Memory S cks cines were included accordingly (i.e. Norbac n Due to the cri cal need for assessing early – 200 box, Ampiclox – 100 bot, Metroniaclazol warnings about poten al disasters and sig- (Syrup) – 300 bot, Metroniadozol tab – 100 nifi cant events on other disasters, and mely bot, Gentalene C – 100 tab, TEO – 200 tab, ORS dissemina on of informa ve news on Health – 6000 sachets, Paracetamol – 300 bot, Decol- Educa on (HE), 21 Samsung TV sets donat- gen (Cold & Flue) – 200 box and P & G water ed by Samsung Com. Ltd. and IEC materials purifi ca on machine). about Health Educa on (HE) in memory s cks donated by IFRC (Community Engagement af- Disaster Risk Reduc on fair) were distributed in Taung Twin Gyi, Pwint Phyu, Pakokku, Yay Sagyo, Myaing, Chouk, Yay Boat Distribu on Nan Choung, Nat Mauk, Pauk Townships re- During repor ng period, 2 fi ber boats donated spec vely to some formal and informal edu- by Japanese Government for the purpose of ca on centers/ library (e.g. religious educa on disaster preparedness was delivered to Mony- charity school, monas c educa on charity war Township, Sagaing Region. school, philanthropic, charity religious library and humanitarian Community Based Organi- Infrastructures za ons (CBOs) through Township supervisory Disaster Risk Reduc on (DRR) related infra- commi ees of Myanmar Red Cross Society. structures (i.e. Sub-Rural Health Centre, village These equipment were donated by Samsung school, village main road, water retaining wall) Com.,Ltd in Myanmar and IFRC’s communi- in MRCS coverage areas i.e. Pwint Phyu and ty engagement program. The remaining TVs 55

and memory s cks were dispatched to each was given through household head. relevant Sub-Township Red Cross offi ce/ware- - Inadequate staffi ng for the Hub offi ce house in Ayeyarwady Region, in order to dis- in Kalay Township and also at the tribute in February 2016 as per the plan. MRCS, Yangon offi ce. - Uncertainty of staff during the project Branch Development period made delays in process and its progress of project interven on. - Lack of Technical Staff (i.e. Watsan 114 Basic fi rst aid training sessions were con- Technician) causes Watsan related ducted (i.e. 30 trainees per session and 2 ses- infrastructures to be delayed. sions per village) in all 57 coverage villages of the whole fl ood recovery interven on. This was aimed for the sustainable development Recommenda ons through enhancing branches and promo ng knowledge to decrease risks and hazards in - Having more security personnel or the future. relevant Government’s Department Dissemina on on brief of MRCS’s and Flood (e.g. Police) during cash transporta on Opera ons’ profi le was done by each project with Staff s and RCVs would be more personnel for the purpose of strengthening secured. MRCS’s branch commi ees and having more transparency between community and the so- - ECs from Head Quarter level should do ciety. project’s advocacy for the responses The majority of so ware interven ons during and recovery ac vi es of Flood the opera on was Red Cross Dissemina on, Opera ons. Communica on, Volunteer Management trainings to all new RCVs in all coverage areas. - It is much be er to disseminate about Orienta on on Na onal Disaster Response Cash Transfer Program (CTP) by the team (NDRT) to all new RCVs in all coverage Communica on Department of MRCS areas was made. During mul plier courses of in order to let other socie es and Basic First Aid trainings,First Aid kits were pro- community know of it and learn and vided to all par cipants in all coverage areas. apply in the future. 20 nos. of Advance First Aid kits for promo ng capacity and services of Red Cross Socie es - Diffi culty in fi lling the technical staff at the village level for all coverage areas were posi ons as salary levels seems to be distributed. A er comple ng all trainings for not a rac ve and thus should be recon- the RCVs, uniforms were provided as incen ve sidered higher for Kalay, Tamu and Hakha Townships. Lessons Learned Key Issues - Due to the diffi cult transporta on and - Need more security staff s/ personnel inconvenience of vehicles’ availability, during the me-frame of CTP in each in Chin State and Sagaing Region espe- project’s site. cially in raining season, allowing suffi - - Diffi cul es in organizing project ac v- cient me to implement and set up i es due to unavailability of communi- distribu on infrastructure is of key ty and delays due to short me-scale importance. of the project. - Incapability of elderly people to reach to the place of center point for receiving provisions from the project in some areas especially in cash distribu on that 56

- Intake forms recorded by the Village Recovery Commi ees (VRCs) contained ample errors (i.e. na onal ID no. , Name, Father’s name, etc) which require revision of all data causing disorder and the implementa on process slightly delayed. Hence more Strengthening MRCS Logis c Capacity thorough training and follow up is needed when working with the VRCs. Logis cs Department was started as a Divi- sion of MRCS in 2014, and changed as a De- - Diffi culty in fi lling the technical staff partment of MRCS in 2015 April. The main posi ons as the salary level is not task of the Logis cs Department is to provide a rac ve and should be reconsidered support to program opera ons for distribu on higher. of emergency relief and provide support from relief to recovery for the programs and Proj- ect ac vi es. There are 28 warehouses in 15 states and regions. MRCS has preposi oned 20,000 (Relief items) across the country in these exis ng warehouses in 2015. Eighteen of these are small (one room) with a capacity for 200-250 Kits (Relief items) ; the others are slightly larger with a capacity of 350-500 kits and the Dawei, Kyaukphyu, Kalay, Man- dalay and Si we warehouses have a capacity of more than 1,000 kits. In future, MRCS plan to increase the quan ty to over 20,000 kits. There are two main warehouses as Thanlyin To be the leading warehouse and Naypyitaw warehouse. Thanl- humanitarian yin warehouse is built with the area of 80 X 40 sq = 3,200 Sq . It can accommodate 3,500 organiza on – 4,000 DP stock (Relief items), Disaster Pre- paredness (DP) stocks which are preposi oned throughout in the warehouse. It also accommodates other items and equipment such as watsan ERU Myanmar, stocks, Health stocks. MRCS has provided working with, relief items, DP stocks, ERT kits, Emergency Watsan kits to State & Region warehouses ar- and for the ranged by trained volunteers in the States and Regions. Logis cs Department has to procure, most vulnerable distribute, undertake custom clearance and transport/ deliver relief items following the lo- at all mes. gis cs procedure. According to the above,the Organiza on pre- pares for emergency situa ons through the ac vi es; MRCS Logis cs has been maintaining its disaster preparedness stocks in 28 states & regional warehouses located at 15 state/regional level. Detail list for States and Regions warehouse capacity are men oned in table. 57

Warehouse Capacity of States and Regions

No. of Relief No. of % of Warehouse No. State/ Regions Items per Warehouses Capacity Household 1 Kachin 1 1,000 5% 2 Kayah 1 300 1% 3 Kayin 1 1,000 5% 4 Chin 1 300 1% 5 Mon 1 500 2% Rakhine 6 3 2,300 11% (Si we, Kyaukphyu, Thandwe) Shan 7 3 1,100 5% (Taungyi, Lasio, Kyaingtone) Ayeyarwady 8 (Pathein, Bogale, Lapu a, 6 2,900 13% MyaunMya, Wakema, Pyapon) Sagaing 9 2 800 4% (Sagaing , Kalay) Tanintharyi 10 2 1,500 7% (Myeik, Dawei) Bago 11 2 600 3% (Bago ,Pyay) 12 Magwe 1 500 2% 13 Mandalay 1 1,500 7% 14 Naypyitaw 1 2,000 9% Yangon 15 2 5,200 24% (Thanlyin, Kyimyin ne) Total 28 28,500 100%

Percentage of States & Regions Warehouses Capacity 58

MRCS has preposi oned 21,500 family kits - 3 staff from logis cs department across the country in these exis ng warehous- a ended RDRT (Logis cs) training and es. Among them, Yangon, Naypyitaw, Si we, Procurement on Job Training at Kuala Ayeyarwady have lager warehouse storage ca- Lumpur. pacity than other States and Regions. - 2 staff also a ended Supply Chain The largest warehouse can store relief items Management Training at UNOPS Offi ce for 5,200 households, the smallest warehouse Yangon. can only keep relief items for 300 households.

In 2015 MRCS Logis c Department train; - Logic on Job Training 117 RCVs and 1 Staff - Logis cs on Job Training 9 Staff . - 18 RCVs and 4 staff received logis cs refresher & review workshop. - Warehouse on Job Training cover 6 RCVs and 2 Staff .

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Purchase made through budget Sum of Total (January to December 2015) MMK

No. Budget MMK 1 MRCS 4,802,500 2 IFRC 867,135,926 3 Danish Red Cross 274,148,990 4 DRC-3MDG 126,050,031 5 DRC-MNCH EU 9,143,320 6 DRC-MNCH Consor um 37,376,947 7 ICRC 94,795,290 8 Dona on Fund 3,995,000 9 In-kind Dona on Fund, Flood 43,424,369 10 American Red Cross 24,167,000 11 ARC 21,172,870 12 SRC 96,835,850 13 Taiwan RC 24,310,000 14 China RC 52,785,500 15 QRC 58,779,000 16 Save the Children 6,587,000 17 EMF 6,260,000 Total Amount 1,751,769,593

Inkind Dona on DRC-3MDG, Fund Flood Purchase made through budget Sum of Total 126,050,031 43,424,369 (January to December 2015)

American RC Taiwan RC Save the Children Dona on Fund 24,167,000 24,310,000 6,587,000 3,995,000 ICRC ARC China RC 94,795,290 21,172,870 52,785,500 EMF SRC 6,260,000 DRC-MNCH 96,835,850 QRC Consor um 58,779,000 MRCS 37,376,947 4,802,500 DRC-MNCH EU 9,143,320

Danish Red Cross 274,148,990

IFRC 867,135,926 60

During 2015 MRCS Logis cs Department Procure 1,751,769,593 amount of MMK.

Budget used by the Logis cs Department During 2015 covered 36,821,985 MMK. 61

In 2015because of the increasing frequency With the support of Danish Red Cross, a to- of the disaster in 11 states and regions, in- tal of 400 manuals on Restoring Family Links creasing accommoda on charges and also in- (Trainers and Trainees) books have been print- creasing accommoda on charges in Myanmar ed both in English and Myanmar. Likewise, Logis cs Department used more budgets for IEC training materials have also been well ar- Logis cs Refresher Training and transporta- ranged in order to conduct training systema - on of the relief items. Although the transpor- cally. The mission of Danish Red Cross on Psy- ta on charges were increased, there was less chosocial support was completed on 30th April spending on loading/unloading budget line. 2014. Then, the evalua on was concluded, and strengths and weaknesses were iden fi ed Myanmar Red Cross Society Goal 2; on 9th May 2014. In order to implement eff ec vely RFL ac v- To promote understanding and respect on the i es for separated children in emergency re- Red Cross principles, diversi es, human digni- sponse, a common framework was developed ty and reduce intolerance, discrimina on, and with UNICEF, UNHCR, Save the Children and social exclusion World Vision with support from the Australian Red Cross. Humanitarian services Through coopera on with Myanmar Red Cross Society and Bri sh Red Cross, a person MRCS mainly provides the humanitarian ser- who lost contact with family members for 54 vices to support the internally displaced peo- years a er having relocated in England was ple, disaster vic ms, and the needy families. successfully united within 6 months despite In those services, MRCS provides restoring incomplete informa on available. family links services due to the disasters, con- Through coopera on with American Red fl icts, and other factors through training the Cross, service could be provided to Mr. Lance Red Cross Volunteers in 30 township branch- Corporal Seng Mai who works with the Amer- es. Similarly, MRCS conducted the vulnerabil- ican Army in Okinawa Japan. With the assis- ity preven on program to support peace and tance of RFL department, he arrived in me safe social environment and improve the life for the funeral service of his father in Myitky- of the community. MRCS was supports the ina, Kachin State. community to manage by itself, the development of health and socio economic for the displaced people due to the confl icts and other Volunteers made Safe and Well phone calls to maintain the link among the families. factors.

Restoring Family Links (RFL)

MRCS is broadly undertaking the na on-wide restoring family link service with trained Red Cross volunteers, supported by the Restor- ing Family Links (RFL) Department. RFL department conducted a needs assessment on Restoring Family Links/ Family Tracing Reuni- ﬁ ca on and Child Protec on Issues from (18- 3-2014 to 25-3-2014) in 9 IDP camps in Bha- mo District of Kachin State, targe ng 7,018 persons. Based on the assessment, MRCS RFL department ini ated a Safe and Well phone calls pilot project in selected camps in Bha- mo and Mansi Township in 2015 with support from ICRC. 62

The case of a person who escaped from traf- Naw Poe Rer, 38 years old, who has been sep- fi cking in Thailand and arrived in New Zealand. arated from her family for more than 20 years The New Zealand government and New Zea- being detained in the Women Detainee Camp, land Red Cross was handed over to Myanmar Kanjanaburi Province, Thailand. In January Red Cross Society by the reunited was with his 2015, RFL Department helped her to get con- family in Yekyi Township of Ayeyarwady Re- tact with her family living in KhuBoat Village, gion a er being separated for six years. Kyauk Lone Gyi Village Tract, Pulaw Township, Myanmar navy rescued fi shermen who were Tanintharyi Region via Red Cross Message. found fl oa ng in the sea in November 2014. On 18th November 2015, she was released Two Restoring Family Links Ambassadors from from Detainee Camp and ICRC (Thailand) Yangon Region made registra on and contact- brought her to MRCS in the border area of ed their families through coopera on with lo- Three Pagoda Cross Border Gate located in cal authori es. Kyarinseikgyi Township, Kayin State. Depending on the need of Restoring Family MRCS responsible person’s handover from Links services, Myanmar Red Cross Society is ICRC (Thailand) and sent back to her family in collabora on with Red Cross Commi ee of providing mely services in coopera on with Tanyintharyi Region, Mon State, Kayin State, partner organiza ons, relevant government relevant ministries, and local organiza ons. ministries, UNs and INGOs. 149 inquiries have been received for their contacts with families living abroad and those who meet with criteria have been supported in 2014. During the repor ng period, nine Restoring Family Links capacity development trainings were conducted in 2014 for a total of 234 volunteers (RFL focal persons) comprising 176 male and 58 female from ICRC. In 2014, Restoring Family Links Department managed 1,073 Red Cross Messages in coopera on with ICRC and Partners of Na onal So- ciety.

Success Story

Restoring Family Links Department collaborates closely with ICRC, other Na onal Socie es, and relevant government departments for family reuniﬁ ca on

Family Reuniﬁ ca on: Naw Poe Rar reuniﬁ ed with her mother 63

Family Reunifi ca on Ac vity: with the collabora on of MRCS, ICRC and relevant government Promo on of community assistance of People The main expecta on is to facilitate and try to with specifi c needs in areas aff ected by dis- foster the commi ee members, encouraging placement in Kayin and Mon states as well as them to become leaders and protec on focal Tanyintharyi region (South East project) points within their communi es in 47 villages. The main purpose of CBOs commi ees’ ca- Myanmar Red Cross Society has been UNHCR’s pacity-building strengthened to ensure lead- Implemen ng Partner for a decade contribut- ership roles, to become focal persons of pro- ing to deliver its mandate for the protec on tec on, to maximize coherence of ac vi es of IDPs, refugees and returnees in South East between receiving and returning communi- Region Myanmar through Community-Based es. Peaceful co-existence with local commu- approach and long-term collabora on. ni es was promoted by construc on of 1 new MRCS had undertaken implementa on and Primary school, including a double unit latrine contribu on to the achievement of the Goal: and provision of school furniture. Voluntary Return with rights group, with ob- Budget u liza on rate is 96.4%. Total expendi- jec ve, expected impact in two priori es ar- tures for the project is MMK 209,880,066 out eas. They are ensuring access to rights and of UNHCR provided budget MMK 218,316,177. essen al services and strengthening and ex- panding community mobiliza on.

Analyzing Achievements

The total direct beneﬁ ciaries of these ac vi- es carried out by MRCS for the year 2015 Jan- uary to December is 9,933 persons (102.55%), including both men and women although the Unity target is 9,686 persons. The number of par c- Their can be only one Red Cross or Red Crescent ipants in Life skills training and Peer educa on society in anyone country. It must be open to all. It must carry on its humanitarian work throughout sessions were achieved more than the plan its territory. target. This indicated that the communi es in project areas showed their real interest and eager to learn issues which they had never received before. The assistance provided for land-mine vic ms is 16 cases although the target is 20 cases. As for monitoring of the return report, the target achieved was low. Impartiality

The Interna onal Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement makes no discrimina on as to na onality, race,religious beliefs, class or poli cal opinions. It endeavours to relieve the suﬀ ering of individuals, being guided solely by their needs, 64

MRCS /UNICEF (WINS PROJECT)

MRCS/UNICEF signed a small scale funding Refresher training for trainers and volunteers agreement (SSFA) for hygiene prac ce ses- (one-day training) on Hygiene promo on for sions to students and access to double unit la- school was conducted. Hygiene prac ce pro- trines and wash facili es at 22 primary school mo on sessions for students (one and half day in Yebyu township of Tanyintharyi region, and at each school) and training for parent teacher Hlaing Thar yar township of Yangon region. associa on (half day) were conducted. As it was a short term project, the period 22.08.2015 to 24.4.2016. Analyze Achievement MRCS had undertaken implementa on and contribu on to the achievement of the goal. Advocacy and Facilita on to strengthen link- All children have the opportunity to go to ages between Government offi cials, Teachers, school with access to safe water, child friend- MRCS and UNICEF at fi eld site areas. Cooper- ly sanita on facili es and hygiene educa on. a on with local area of Township Red Cross Key prac ces to be promoted for hand wash- leaders, fi eld trips of need assessment to pri- ing, safe drinking water and use of latrines. mary schools smoothly implemented. Agreed WASH in, and through school is one of the budget is (MMK 40,430,200) and expenditure best routes to reach en re communi es. from agreed budget (MMK30, 374,352). U li- Directed engagement with student can lead to za on rate is 75%. community adop on of good wash behaviors At the repor ng period MRCS WINS Project and technologies as well as improved health. covered 3,909 male, 4,857 female and total Parent teacher associa ons of primary school 8,766. may take responsible to sustain the wash facili es in schools. Violence Preven on Program Main ac vi es for WASH project are cooperated by Township educa on offi cers/MRCS In line with the IFRC’s 2020 strategy, MRCS is Project staff s and volunteers/ UNICEF fi eld also ini a ng promo on of violence preven- offi cers. There are Advocacy mee ngs, need on within the work of MRCS. In this aspect, assessment survey and school’s selec on, a pilot program was ini ated in 10 villages of agreement on selected schools, technical sur- Thayet Township, Magway Region. vey for site selec on (MRCS support engineer Master Facilitator Training for Violence Pre- and Red Cross volunteer), prepara on of wins’ ven on was conducted for a total of 26 select- construc on package (MRCS) Bidding for con- ed trainees from the program area and head- tractors (UNICEF). quarters level. The trained trainees in turn

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trained the local volunteers for one day and conducted in October a er the ge ng the ap- did the replica ng training for the commu- proval from the President of the Republic of nity in 10 targeted villages using the 5-cards the Union of Myanmar in August. Media Dis- violence preven on session. Violence Pre- semina on Workshop was held in December and it made the rela onship between MRCS ven on Training was given to the local volun- & media stronger. teers of program areas, Red Cross Brigade of- Two Communica on Training were conducted fi cers (Grade1 level) and headquarters staff s. at Kayah & Mon States and a total of 88 Red Ac vi es were reviewed, and the 10 steps of Cross Volunteers (RCVs) ac vely par cipated. violence preven on guidance book had been The news and reports received from trained adapted and adopted into Myanmar context communicators were over 160 and already and issued. published in MRCS News Journals & social Media. For the capacity building of the staff , one Pho- Humanitarian Values & tography Skills Training was conducted and 24 Communica ons Department par cipants a ended. During the repor ng period, three MRCS News Humanitarian values and diplomacy ini a ves Journals: (Vol-9, No-1), (Vol-9, No-2) and (Vol- promote the principles of the Interna onal 9, No-3) were published. 4 short fi lms for Safe Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and Water messages were developed and shared to TV channels. Interna onal Humanitarian Law (IHL) among The Social Media Response Team was or- volunteers, staff and the governance. This in- ganized with one representa ve from each cludes promo ng respect and adherence to department. The Social Media Guideline & the principles and working to uphold the posi- Photography guidelines were also adopted/ ve percep on of the Myanmar Red Cross So- created and introduced to Headquarters staff ciety (MRCS) among communi es. The society through the Induc on Trainings & Communi- also advocates and disseminates to decision ca on Trainings. makers from public and private organiza ons With the support of the Bri sh Red Cross, the to provide increased support to the Society’s MRCS offi cial website is redesigned. More- humanitarian ac vi es. over, to strengthen the skills of the HV &Com staff , advance photography skills training was Achievements against Target organized. The Fiber Network was available in Nay Pyi During the repor ng period, Humanitarian Values & Communica ons Department con- Taw and the offi ce communica on became ducted the Dissemina on workshop for parlia- more fl uent and easy to communicate with mentarians at Bago, Tanyintharyi and Sagaing Digital Divide project townships. In some regions and total 291 parliamentarians a end- townships, the iPStar connec on shi ed to ed. 4 Dissemina on Workshop including for ADSL connec on for be er communica on. Media took place and total 416 par cipants The MRCS Humanitarian Values and Commu- a ended. Over 290 dissemina on sessions nica ons department has established strong were held at Government training center and links with the na onal media over the year. over 12,350 par cipants a ended. The townships/ branch also conduced the Red Cross Owing to the development of media organiza- Dissemina on by themselves and total 1,428 ons and journalism as a whole in Myanmar communi es had been covered (The data is over the past year, media interest in Red Cross counted for those informa on only reported to work has grown. HV & Com Department and the actual number Benefi ciary communica ons stared since at of par cipants who get Red Cross Dissemina on the end of 2014. During the repor ng period, will be increased). Beneficiary Communication Trainings were IHL Dissemina on workshop for media was conducted in Sittwe and total 39 staff and also conducted and 46 representa ves from volunteers from Rakhine Special Program various media ac vely par cipated and discussed about media and armed confl ict. attended. Launching of Myanmar Red Cross Law was Communica on Hardware Training for Com- 66 munity Based Health & First Aid project vol- STRENGTHENING unteers and staff conducted and total 60 par- THE NATIONAL SOCIETY cipants a ended. Documentary video about the Community Myanmar Red Cross Society Strategic Based Health and Resilience project has also Goal 3; been shot. Myanmar Red Cross Society mely published MRCS is well structured, organized, and how MRCS is responding and recovering to resourced at all levels so that it may deliver Laukkaing confl ict, fl ood, and emergency sit- quality community based services. ua ons. During the repor ng period, Red Cross news published on printed media 1,400 mes, 979 Organiza on Development mes on broadcas ng media and 1,526 mes on social media. Communica on barriers between the town- MRCS started its internal process for the de- ships and Headquarters exist and news and velopment of MRCS Strategic Plan 2016 to 2020 taking into considera on the OCAC fi nd- reports cannot be received in a mely man- ings and looking at the Strategy 2015 Benefi ts ner. To overcome those challenges, communi- and Challenges. A series of Strategic planning ca on team encouraged the townships’ Red development workshops were conducted Cross volunteers who already a ended com- since July 2015 - two workshops were con- munica on training to send reports and news ducted– one with NHQ management and gov- to respec ve departments. ernance, and another with the heads of MRCS Nowadays, Social Medias (including Facebook, Region and State branches or GI Offi cers. At Twi er, Link-in, Skype, Instagram, You Tube, the end of November 2015, MRCS fi nalized Beetalk, Line and Viber) are very powerful and shared its Strategic Plan (2016-2020) to partners. methods for reaching benefi ciaries, upda ng our supporters, and keeping in touch with Advocacy to parliamentarians on MRCS’ auxil- colleagues throughout Myanmar. However, iary role to the Government and how to work social media can also pose signifi cant risks to be er together to improve the lives of the MRCS reputa on if not used properly. To solve most vulnerable groups in the country. This was conducted in Bago, Tanintharyi, and in this issue, Humanitarian Values and Commu- Sagaing Region where the IFRC and ICRC also nica ons department developed Social Media supported MRCS. Guidelines and Informa on, Communica on Technology acceptable use policy (ICT Policy) At the end of 2015, 308 out of 330 branches in 2015. To ensure that Red Cross volunteers have completed branch capacity assessment in regard to upda ng Branch Development and staff are aware of the Communica on Model. A total of 45 branches have done BOCA policy, ICT policy and social media guideline, exercise from October to December with the induc on training were conducted for all. support of AP zone OD delegate. By forming Social Media Response Team (SMRT), MRCS image and reputa on has im- Volunteer development - MRCS is one Na- onal society that needs to consider seriously proved and is being maintained. The infor- about volunteers who are working in confl icts ma on gap with the Na onal Society also and emergency. As an outcome of advocacy narrowed down and NS’s reputa on risk also for parliamentarians, MRCS received insur- responded. ance premium fees and could also reimbursed So, the representa ves from each department administra ve cost of RCVs when they are doing relief and rescue eff orts. should involve more ac vely in SMRT. MRCS con nued to provide humanitarian assistance to transi ng evacuees out of Lauk- kai through Lashio in the Kokang area. In this year Na onal Society lost one RCV in Laukkai armed confl ict in February and one RCV in 67

relief and rescue ac vity of fl ood response the authorized person of partners at the Part- opera on, Mawbe Branch, Yangon region in nership Mee ng, 2016 with a 2-year validity August. me, and to con nue the current two-monthly movement coordina on mee ngs; two Red Cross Volunteers deploy teams were sent monthly tripar te mee ng; two yearly part- to Rakhine special project from 6 states/ re- nership mee ngs to promote coordina on gions, totaling 72 Volunteers for humanitarian and coopera on between MRCS and partners. ac vi es in the confl ict area (Mobile medical Volunteer drop-out is one of the great chal- team, ambulance service, water distribu on). lenges in MRCS. Because of decline in country economy, people have to pay more a en on The recruitment for voluntary non-remunera- and spend me for income and earnings. NS on blood dona on (VNRBD) has experienced will take more emphasis on volunteer devel- a huge gap due to the lack of funding to con- nue CLUB 25 ac vi es. Most of the blood opment issue and this is mainstreamed in the donor recruiters could not commit their me new Strategic plan 2016-2020. for organizing health talks about safe blood; • MRCS OD Director par cipated however, they remain commi ed to donate in the BOCA workshop of the blood for emergency purposes. Moreover, Afghanistan RC, in Kabul, as the blood donor recruitment component requested by OD APZ. previously under the responsibility of MRCS • Cross-regional surge support Health Department has been reassigned to was provided by the MRCS the MRCS OD department since 2011. 52 RC Deputy Director for DM, IFRC pins for outstanding RCVs and Blood donors Country Delega on HR and were supported and provided. Admin Manager, and Rakhine / BOCA with BC assessment – BOCA facilitator Kachin DRR Advisor during the course was conducted in Yangon and 10 staff recent Nepal earthquakes and 14 Volunteers par cipated. The BOCA ex- opera on. ercise was ac accomplished in 10 townships: • Deputy Director of OD was Bago, Pyay, Na alin, Yay, Thahtone, Pathe- invited to be a Co-Facilitator in ingyi, Mayangone, South Dagon, Tikegyi and BOCA training by Bangladesh Hinthada. Red Crescent. • MRCS collabora on with Asia MRCS organized the forma on of Youth com- Green Development Bank for mi ees in branch level and encouraged youth par cipa on and leading roles in communi- basic fi rst aid training in 40 out ty based ac vi es by implementa on and of 51 targeted schools with decision making. According to reports from coverage of 1,098 male and branches, 8,690 youth (3,922 male and 4,743 1,000 female students. female) from universi es and colleges, par c- ipated in the youth based Red Cross humanitarian ac vi es. MRCS monitored and su- pervised the branch func ons at 23 targeted branches. Through its Branch leadership & Recruiter Trainings were na onwide network organized at Kayin and Kachin states and a total of 59 RCVs ac vely par cipated. of volunteers,

As part of the branch development, OD de- the MRCS will promote partment supported the G1 - 2IC mee ngs in Kayin state, Yangon and Ayeyarwady Region. humanitarian values and community based Partnership Framework document Coopera- on Agreement Strategy (CAS) was ﬁ nalized ini a ves in health in 2015 and the partnership review principles were piloted by having partnership review talk and care, and disaster mee ng with Swedish Red Cross in December 2015. The decision for future CAS process will management to improve be to sign the partnership framework with the lives of the most vulnerable. 68

PMER Unit overall goal of the organiza on which is the ''promo on of humanitarian values and commu- During the repor ng period, Myanmar Red nity-based ini a ves in health and care and di- Cross Society (MRCS) has undertaken steps to saster management to improve the lives of the strengthen its planning, monitoring, evalua- most vulnerable". on, and repor ng (PMER) ac vi es with the The ac vi es that followed included: carrying support and facilita on by the PMER special- out PMER organiza onal mee ngs; prepara- ist and PMER Advisor from the Swedish Red on of branch monthly repor ng templates; Cross. While it has been implemen ng a wide and collec on of data and monthly report of range of ac vi es in disaster management, branches through the States/ Regional sup- health, capacity-building and promo on of hu- por ng offi cers. A total of 201 branches sub- manitarian values and Red Cross Red Crescent mi ed branch monthly reports within 2015. ideals and principles for many years, PMER One important milestone was rese ng of has been iden fi ed to be needing strengthen- a Movement-wide PMER technical working ing par cularly in the areas of monitoring and group (PMER TWG) in charge of developing repor ng. The goal of the Na onal Society is the overall PMER framework. The forma on to be the leading humanitarian organiza on of the TWG is to ensure compliance and to throughout Myanmar, working with, and for make relevant changes as the framework is the most vulnerable, thus there is need to being implemented. A Movement-wide PMER strengthen its capacity in capturing and pro- TWG allows coordina on and agreement jec ng the diff erent services and ac vi es on standards that fi t with all back donor re- it is suppor ng. It is noteworthy to men on quirements. In Myanmar, the fi rst PMER TWG that MRCS had undertaken baseline and end mee ng in July was a ended by only MRCS to line studies, mid-term reviews, lessons learn have a joint understanding of PMER in general workshop and evalua on of projects. The and on the specifi c terms of reference in par- prac ce is already present,but as there is no cular. There has been a mee ng every one to documented process, and capaci es vary two months since then. across projects and programmes, the process needs to be strengthened. MRCS is commit- Key Issues; ted to have a common PMER framework for - Repor ng formats have been devel- all its projects and programmes as well as at oped by the PMER Unit but training branch level of the Na onal Society. could not be provided as yet on the The fl ow of data from the fi eld to headquar- Repor ng. ters remains a challenge for the programmes - Delay in implementa on of ac vi es although training was provided at the start of due to challenge in coordina on thus programme implementa on for fi eld person- a low percentage in expenditures. nel and volunteers. As such, eff orts are under- - Diffi culty in collec ng monthly reports way to seek and ins tute measures which can from branches on me. help establish a repor ng system linking the - Diffi culty in the consolida on and fi eld to the headquarters and developing a analysis of reports from projects and common repor ng template and mechanism programmes. which will capture the basic informa on relat- - Challenges in coordina on for a ed to branch ac vi es with the communi es. common monitoring template, set of PMER unit in this context needs to be strength- guidelines, supported with a catalogue ened at all levels and these are being led by of indicators in order to get MRCS PMER one EC member of MRCS. framework in place. If there is no close For this repor ng period, with an overall goal monitoring, could adversely aff ect the of having a more dynamic PMER mechanism process. This has been added as an which provides clear guidance and direc on issue to the ones men oned above, at headquarters and branch level in the man- as per stated in the mid-year report. agement of its programme ac vi es, ensuring - Because of the current MRCS’ salary a higher degree of accountability, effi ciency levels, PMER faced diffi culty to hire and eff ec veness in programme and project qualifi ed and appropriate staff . implementa on through a more directed sharing and review of plans, achievements, and further steps to be taken to reach the 69

Key Accomplishments

1. Re-establishment of the PMER unit, to cover basic expenses with the profi t from managed by the EC of MRCS with a the income genera on of MRCS ac vi es, and team consis ng of a PMER coordina- fund raising ac vi es to provide assistance to tor, M&E offi cer, Report Analysis offi cer the people aff ected by crisis with the dona on 2. Organizing of the PMER Working money. Group and carrying out two mee ngs during the report period. Regarding to respond to the country wide 3. Support MRCS Flood Opera on to get fl oods, MRCS request dona on from in- coun- the smooth communica on with PNS, try and abroad, and received 1.3 Million US Government Organiza ons and others. Dollar to provide recovery assistance to fl ood 4. Conducted two days Co-Design work - aff ected popula ons in Ayeyarwady and Mag- shop on Planning Guideline Develop- way Regions. ment with 26 par cipants ac vely Promo ng of corporate partnership with the par cipa ng. private sector is one of the major engage- 5. Workshop on Planning Guideline Deve- ments for self-suffi ciency and independence. lopment was done on 28.9.2015 to During this year, dissemina on session for pri- 2.10.2015. vate sectors was organized in order to intro- 6. Basic PMER Training was conducted duce Red Cross humanitarian ac vi es and during the Ayeyarwaddy Region Red fi nding opportuni es for working together Cross Supervisory Commi ee Mee ng with MRCS. MRCS established good sustain- from the date of 1.11.2015 to 2.11.2015. able rela on with private sectors in responding emergencies situa on with the support of 7. Conducted Program Management emergency relief items, foods, drinking water Training at the CBHFA Project areas in bo les and other hygiene utensils. collabora on with Health Department. One of the major achievements of MRCS was Human Resources to organize the conduct of fi rst aid training for school children of 49 schools with the funding The Society runs the services and programs support from Asia Green Development Bank. ac vi es by the eff ort of 631 staff comprise with various ethnic groups and religious MRCS placed dona on boxes at Yangon inter- throughout the country. 11% of human re- na onal airport, some convenience stores in sources are comes from small ethnic groups. Yangon and hotels. In 2015, MRCS received Staff turnover for 2015 is 13%. Male to female about 51 Million Kyats from the dona on box- ra o is 1.2: 1. About 77% of the manpower es, 5.3 Million Kyats from regular dona on of is funded by Movement and Non-Movement MRCS staff and private companies and 206 partners. 1.6% of total staff is disable persons Million Kyats from offi ce rental. and they are par cipated in providing humanitarian services. With collabora on of Royal Thai Embassy and Interna onal Cultural and Charity Group, Thai Resource Mobiliza on Brocades Exhibi on and Auc on was held at Royal Thai Embassy on 21st October and do- Promo ng resource mobiliza on capacity at nated 8,000 US Dollar was donated to MRCS all levels is one of the priority programs for as auc ons and contribu on of the Embassy MRCS. The Society’s Resource Mobiliza on and ICCG. unit is taking responsibility for fundraising for humanitarian assistance, seeking ac vi es for incomes and organizing fund raising ac vi es.

According to (2011-2015) Strategic Plan, the society’s plan to generate income will contribute to a higher level of self-suﬃ ciency, sustainability and independence. In order to meet with strategic plan, MRCS is trying 70

Finance Lessons Learned

Summary At the branch levels, a fi nance focal person i) To improve and development of the needs to be appointed to prepare cash ac- fi nancial management & repor ng sys- counts and fi nancial reports. If there is no tems and capaci es at HQ and target assigned person, the report cannot be sent / branches received in me. ii) To develop as a well-func oning Working Advance (WA) Request form is need- fi nance department evolu onary ed to be completed in me. It is usually dis- according governance expecta on. bursed a er 3-5 days according to the approval procedure, and also WA ceiling limits. More Achievements against Target coopera on within departments is needed so that they can accept and understand the Target needs of the Finance systems. (i) To generate the admin cost correctly Most of the projects and programs did not im- and all fi nancial reports (monthly, plement their procurement process in me, quarterly and annual) to donor by and it consequently eff ected the fi nancial dis- using the NAV Accoun ng so ware bursements and usage. So, their budget and (ii) To collect the monthly report from the implementa on rate is con nuously moni- na onwide branches repor ng, those tored and if met with some delay in data relat- undertaken with local own genera ng ed to the procurement, the program/ project resources. needed to be alerted as early as possible. Achievements (i.a) Prepare the monthly salary and Coordina on and Coopera on also income tax with NAV account- ing so ware Coopera on and nego a on with the branch (i.b) Prepare the monthly report by red cross commi ee to improve their branch using the NAV accoun ng so ware fi nancial developments are important. More and sent to donor in me with par cipa on of the State/ Region supervisory standardize format for all program commi ee is required, and they also need to and project. supervise and instruct the township RCVs. (i.c) Invoicing the 7% admin cost to The fi nance development team collaborates each donor a er effi ciently gene- and coordinates with the ac ve RCV who is rate with NAV accoun ng so ware the fi nance focal person, to improve the com- (ii.a) Able to keep in touch with Kachin, ple on of the fi nancial recording and report- Mon, Yangon and Tanyintharyi ing system in each branch. 12 trainings were branches and to collect the month- held in 2015. ly report. During 2015was able to The Finance department o en held coordi- collect the total 537 reports (i.e. na on mee ng with other Departments to Kachin-51, Mon-83, South Ygn-84, perform smoothly and easily their working NorthYgn-72, West Ygn-106, East advance system including request, clearance Ygn-134 and Tanintharyi-7). and preparing the budget (e.g. monthly coordina on mee ngs with Health Department and Disaster Management Department). Fi- nance focal person frequent went to the fi eld and helping fi eld offi ce and staff for be er understanding of fi nancial regula ons and to improve their capacity. 71

Financial Status

During 2015, Myanmar Red Cross Society received 13,851.9 million Kyats from 21 partners. Their contribu ons and u liza on rate are show in chart as below;

Universality

The Interna onal Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement, in which all Socie es have equal status and share equal responsibili es and du es in helping each other, is worldwide.

Cross-cu ng Issues

During the Emergency period especially, Lau- kai confl ict Finance team coordinate with other departments to support the fi nancial management and procurement procedure in the relief ac vi es. Looking be er effi ciency and eff ec veness of the ac vi es the staff from the fl ood opera on was working together with the en re departments of MRCS. 72

Income and Expenditure of relief and recovery for ﬂ ood opera on

Received form Dona on Sr. Par cular MMK (million) USD

1 Received 461.8 716,407

Change from 2 705.1 (550,832) USD to MMK

Total received 1,166.9 165,576

3 Expense 149 (50,020)

Poten al 4 1,017.9 115,556 expenses for 2016

Ac ve par cipa on of Volunteers in 2015: No. of RCV Sr. Department Remark Male Female Total OD 20,539 8,801 29,340 Including all sector 1 (Branches Ac vi es) 2 Health (CBHFA) 411 544 955 3 Health (CBHR) 34 80 114 4 WASH 35 15 50 5 TB 197 84 281 6 Malaria 465 199 664 7 CPP 250 207 457 8 RFL 176 58 234 9 VP 9 4 13 10 Kachin Opera on 84 36 120 11 Rakhine Opera on 70 30 100 12 DM (Projects) 48 40 88 (Projects Only) Total 22,318 10,098 32,416

Ac ve par cipa on of Volunteers in 2015: People reached through disaster preparedness and risk reduc on programs Project/ Grand Sr. Male Female Total Male Female Total Program Total 1 CBDRR 1,820 2,450 4,270 0 4,270 2 UDRR 360 141 501 0 501 3 AmRC 3,856 7,712 11,568 0 11,568 4 CSR 3,569 6,148 9,717 0 9,717 5 SBDRR 2,000 4,000 6,000 0 6,000 Total 11,605 20,451 32,056 32,056 73

People reached through disaster response and early recovery assistance

Project/ Grand Sr. Male Female Total Male Female Total Program Total 1 Flood 30,093 60,186 90,279 0 90,279 Opera on 0 97,509 195,017 292,526 292,526 2 Rakhine 333 443 776 0 776 Opera on 3 Kachin 0 0 0 Opera on 30,426 60,629 91,055 97,509 195,017 292,526 383,581 30,426 60,629 91,055 Direct 97,509 195,017 292,526 Indirect 127,935 255,646 383,581 Total Male Female Total

Social Services

Project/ Grand Sr. Male Female Total Male Female Total Program Total 1 CPP/ CAAC/ RFL 88,803 118,403 207,206 0 207,206 South East Myan- 4,168 5,765 9,933 0 9,933 2 mar Violence Preven- 7,837 15,674 23,511 0 23,511 3 on 100,808 139,842 240,650 0 0 0 240,650 2015

Annual Report

Myanmar Red Cross Society