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What we doOur work here focuses on empowering civil society, development and education, emergency relief aid and supporting refugees. |
Time for change
Burma/Myanmar has been ruled by various military governments since the independence in 1947. Ongoing conflicts and a lack of investments have resulted in neglect of fundamental services like education and health. A large part of the population lives in extreme poverty.
Challenges
The Burmese people should be quite wealthy; the country offers a variety of natural resources and many fertile areas. However, a large part of the population is relentlessly trapped by internal conflicts, poverty, debt and a lack of education. At the same time, other parts of South-East Asia have experienced considerable economic growth.
At least 500,000 people in the eastern part of Burma have fled their homes and now live as internally displaced persons within the borders of the country. Several millions have fled the country.
The educational system, the healthcare system and other fundamental services are generally neglected. The UN and human rights groups have documented several outrages against individuals and entire communities, but the military government dismisses the criticism.
In May 2008 parts of southern Burma/Myanmar were hit by the cyclone Nargis. Approximately 140,000 people were killed and millions lost their homes.
What we do in Burma/Myanmar
For nearly 25 years, DanChurchAid has supported and worked with local and international partners, all with the common goal to improve the conditions for some of the most vulnerable people in and from Burma/Myanmar.
Our work focuses on the following:
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Strengthening civil society
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Facilitating development and education
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Helping survivors of natural disasters
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Supporting refugees on both sides of the border
Articles about FKN
After the election in Burma/Myanmar last Sunday, violent clashes took place between the military government and resistance groups. Close to 20.000 civilians were forced to flee.
14/08/2008
First the Storm, and then a Plague
‘The flies are unbearable.’ When asked how things are in the Cylone-affected Irrawaddy delta of Myanmar, the first thing that they describe is the flies. Thick clouds of biting flies fill the air around the villages, having bred in the bloated carcasses of the buffalo killed by the storm. ‘There are so many, that some of the remaining buffaloes have even been killed from the bites.’
17/06/2008
Myanmar Emergency Response Operation
An ACT situation report on the response to the disaster in Burma.
05/06/2008
Young volunteers dedicated to help survivors
“I felt that I had to help,” says one of ten dedicated young Burmese volunteers. These young people are supporting the survivors of Cyclone Nargis in the severely devastated Irrawaddy Delta region and their task is increasingly demanding.
"Aid is going out everyday, and local
organisations are reaching thousands of people,” says an ACT
member representative.
19/05/2008
Survivors are reaching relief camps
Survivors are still arriving at relief camps in the Irrawaddy Delta nearly two weeks after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma according to Christian Aid partners.
Responding to the increasingly critical need for humanitarian relief in Myanmar (Burma), ACT International launched a preliminary appeal today for US $5,156,215 to provide emergency assistance for up to 1.3 million cyclone-affected people.
In the aftermath of the worst Asian cyclone since 1991, members of the global alliance, Action by Churches Together (ACT)International, are mobilising support to assist affected populations in Myanmar. DanChurchAid is a member of ACT International.
14/05/2008
Relief is reaching the neglected
Thousands of people have been killed or are missing in Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis, which pushed ashore on May 2. Villages in the Irrawaddy Delta have been completely flattened. Overall one million people may be homeless. Through 21 relief centres, DanChurchAid’s local partners are reaching 100.000 people.
Despite roadblocks and bad weather conditions DanChurchAid’s partners are able to gain access to some of the worst hit areas in Burma.
08/05/2008
Chaos and a fight for life
The destructions after the cyclone Nargis are huge. DanChurchAid’s representative reports from the delta area which was hit most severely and where no one has received any help and where dead people and animals are floating in the rivers
07/05/2008
Horror stories from Burma are pouring in
Bodies are floating in the rivers; desperate survivors are plundering the rice stores; these are some of the stories that are pouring in from disaster struck areas in Burma. So far DanChurchAid has earmarked 750.000 DKK to arrange for food supplies for the disaster in Burma.
05/05/2008
The worst disaster within living memory
Smashed up houses, broken masts, giant trees strewn across the roads. The damages from the cyclone Nagris are visible everywhere in and around Rangoon, the capital of Burma, where almost 50 percent of all houses are overturned.
01/05/2008
Partner nominated for award
DanChurchAid is pleased to nominate Executive Director Jack Dunford and the staff of Thailand Burma Border Consortium (TBBC) for the 2008 Nansen Refugee Award.
28/09/2007
Help for the suppressed population of Burma
DanChurchAid is monitoring the situation in Burma, where Burmese monks have been protesting against the declining living standards and rising food prices; and demand the resignation of the military regime.
29/05/2006
Ethnic cleansing escalates
Refugees from Karen state in Burma are now flocking to camps supported by DanChurchAid in the neighbouring Thailand as the Burma dictatorship’s feared State Peace and Development Council (SPDC) forces are clearing the northern part of the state of people. Their strategy is to starve the population away, destroy their villages and block transport by putting out new land mines.
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