Delivering critical multisectoral humanitarian aid in Magway through promotion of localized agenda Through localized agenda, ActionAid Myanmar (AAM) has proposed a 1-year project, to deliver multisectoral humanitarian assistance to crisis affected communities of Magway townships. The assistance will cover services under 5 main sectors – Protection, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH), Food, Health, and Education. Services will be delivered through working with 3 local actors – Guardian Network (GDN), Kamma Youth Development Organization (KYDO) and Myaing Youth Development Organization (MYDO) as they are strong local frontline actors in Magway target areas.

Under the protection sector, activities related to Child Protection (CP), Gender-Based Violence (GBV), and Mine Risk Education (MRE) will be covered. Knowledge awareness sessions will be conducted as well as case support will be offered. Specifically, to CP, outreach and prevention activities will enhance the communities’ knowledge on child protection while CP case support provided will facilitate access to services in a timely manner. GDN is well experienced in CP programming and thus, technical support will be offered by GDN to consortium partners, in terms of exchanging knowledge, capacities and skills. Similarly, GBV and Protection from Sexual Exploitation and Abuse (PSEA) awareness raising sessions will be conducted at the grass root level, where AAM will bring its experiences and expertise to transfer skills to partners. It will empower the communities to be equipped with required knowledge and understanding on GBV and PSEA concepts. Under outreach and prevention activities, establishment of GBV and PSEA community-based surveillance groups will be piloted in AAM’s and MYDO’s areas, by working with existing women groups at the community level. GBV case support including cash assistance and dignity kits will be granted. MRE component will be mainstreamed through awareness raising session and training of trainer sessions. 

In terms of WASH support, the project will ensure that the communities have access to WASH facilities and hygiene promotion awareness, practices, and items. Hygiene promotion awareness raising activities will boost communities’ knowledge on proper hygiene practices. In addition, hygiene kits, latrines, handwashing, bathing facilities and water purifiers will ensure meaningful access to crisis-affected communities. Thanks to previous experiences of MYDO, knowledge exchange will be a value add for other consortium members. 

Cash assistance will be offered to address immediate needs of food by crisis-affected communities. Food support is mostly requested by IDP and local communities and thus, it will be delivered under this project, as well.

Under health services, based on current experiences of AAM and MYDO, tele-medication support is effective and feasible to provide to communities in this crisis. The project will continue this modality of service provision to offer tele-medication support to most people in need who need to consult with general practitioners. (Detailed modality of intervention is in activity description under health sector). In addition, Mental Health and Psychosocial Support (MHPSS) will also be integrated. 

Finally, GDN and KYDO will offer education related services at the community level, focusing on home-based learning and life-skill components. 

The partners were selected based on their expertise on respective thematic areas, operational presence with access to target areas and networks established at the community level. The supports will be offered to 36,839 communities (11,733 Men, 15,647 Women, 4,147 Boys and 5,312 Girls) living in 70 target areas of 5 townships (Myaing, Pakokku, Seik Phyu, Saw and Gantgaw) in Magway.