USAID funds $48m project in Southeastern Myanmar
USAID funds $48m project in Southeastern Myanmar
Myanmar Times, 23 Feb 2018
URL: https://www.mmtimes.com/news/usaid-funds-48m-project-southeastern-myanmar.html
The United States Agency for International Development (USAID) announced a US$48-million (K64.32 billion) development project in Southeastern Myanmar aimed at improving basic services on Thursday.
Kayah State is the least developed state in Myanmar and has a history of armed conflict between armed ethnic groups and the Tatmadaw.
As part of the US agency’s “Advancing Community Empowerment in Southeastern Myanmar” project, four local organizations will use the funds to help increase job opportunities, and improve services in health, education, and water and sanitation, which will strengthen local communities in Kayah State.
The four local organizations - the Karenni Mobile Health Committee, the Kayan New Generation Youth, the Karenni Women’s Organization and the Development for Environment-Friendly Agriculture and Rural Life of Myanmar will promote basic services in health, education, livelihoods, sanitation, and hygiene and will help prevent gender-based violence.
Promoting women’s leadership and people participation in community governance are the focus of the project, while agricultural and vocational training and enhancing disaster preparedness are aimed at the local community, the USAID statement said.
The aid will help women, children and other communities receive life-saving health care through improved communications among community health service providers, local governments, and other groups, it added.
Kayah State is the least developed state in Myanmar and has a history of armed conflict between armed ethnic groups and the Tatmadaw.
As part of the US agency’s “Advancing Community Empowerment in Southeastern Myanmar” project, four local organizations will use the funds to help increase job opportunities, and improve services in health, education, and water and sanitation, which will strengthen local communities in Kayah State.
The four local organizations - the Karenni Mobile Health Committee, the Kayan New Generation Youth, the Karenni Women’s Organization and the Development for Environment-Friendly Agriculture and Rural Life of Myanmar will promote basic services in health, education, livelihoods, sanitation, and hygiene and will help prevent gender-based violence.
Promoting women’s leadership and people participation in community governance are the focus of the project, while agricultural and vocational training and enhancing disaster preparedness are aimed at the local community, the USAID statement said.
The aid will help women, children and other communities receive life-saving health care through improved communications among community health service providers, local governments, and other groups, it added.