Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.
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Volunteers and humanitarians struggle to meet demand as shortages of food and medicine as well as fear of junta attacks haunt the lives of more than 900,000 internally displaced people in Myanmar.
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The environmental activists who campaigned to defend the nation’s forests are now hiding in them to save their lives and fearful of the destruction that the future and a rapacious military may bring.
BY Esther Wah
Myanmar’s child immunisation programmes are failing to reach children across the country, particularly in conflict zones. Health experts warn the results could be devastating.
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On International Women’s Day, a call for Myanmar’s leaders to stand up for the rights of women, whether at the parliament or the peace table, in IDP camps or conflict zones.
Fears over the growing Tatmadaw presence have some residents preparing to flee Laiza at short notice, but otherwise life goes on much as normal in the KIO headquarters.
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If Myanmar is to provide decent employment for all and cut poverty, the many barriers to setting up and growing a business need to be addressed.
BY Thomas Kring
Five years ago, a group of architects, historians, businesspeople and others banded together to form the Yangon Heritage Trust in a last-ditch attempt to preserve Yangon’s unique character. While the initial aim was to save the city’s heritage buildings, which were in danger of being torn down, the group’s focus has since expanded to broader questions of urban development.
BY Thomas Kean
The centuries-old informal money transfer system known as hundi is built on trust, rapport and friendship. It’s still thriving in Myanmar, though it might be a drain on the official economy.
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