Rebuilding cyclone-hit schools in Myanmar, a call to fund Palestinian education and 5,000 new early years centres in Rwanda are in our roundup. More than 300,000 disadvantaged children in Myanmar...
SITTWE, 4 February 2020 – A high-level Government ceremony in Sittwe, Rakhine State, marked the end of the Education Post Flood Response which ran for four years following Cyclone Komen in 2015. Led...
India is a Party to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). India has submitted Initial National Communication (INC) in 2004 and Second National Communication (SNC) in...
William Avis Question What evidence exists regarding the challenges specific religious minorities face in accessing humanitarian assistance? Summary This rapid literature review, surveys evidence...
Introduction The following lessons have been drawn from the impact of cyclones in Bangladesh and specifically Cox’s Bazar district. Other literature reviewed includes lessons from cyclones in...
Organisations working on the Rohingya response are preparing for the cyclone season. This brief provides background on cyclones in Bangladesh and an overview of their impact, to put the emergency...
NEED ANALYSIS RESPONSE Rakhine: Emergency shelter response in 2012/13 and temporary shelter response in 2013 for 140,000 IDPs. Care and maintenance in 2014/15. Owner-driven housing solutions in...
CRISIS Myanmar, multiple crises: TOTAL PEOPLE AFFECTED Rakhine: 145,000 displaced Kachin/Northern Shan: 100,000 displaced 2015 floods: 1.7 million displaced 150,000 people with moderately or severely...
August 4, 2017 1. In response to the request made by the Government of Myanmar to the Government of Japan to reconstruct/repair 493 schools affected by Cyclone Komen in 2015, Japan provided 1.5...
UNOPS infrastructure projects don’t just improve access to services, markets and clean water – they also help to build the systems that countries need to improve people’s health and livelihoods in...