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Catholic faith leaders transforming interfaith relations in Myanmar This project started as a pilot project in 2016 to promote the Catholic Church role on interfaith work in Myanmar. Now it is based on 3 main pillar that have been identified by CBCM: The role and disposition of the Catholic Church in Myanmar to be active and support interreligious dialogue for peace and nation building; the involvement of all levels from Bishops to Parish Priests, as well as leaders from other religions; and the will to expand this initiative to other Dioceses (currently is  just in 2 out of 16 which are Pathein and Yangon). The project is based on the "Mission planning for nation building" process which involves bishops, priests, nuns and laypeople, and has the purpose of bringing people together as one mind and one heart to find a common platform to effectively contribute to the building of the nation. Under this project CBCM with the support of CAFOD will build capacity on parish priests and lay people in order to contribute to peace and the building of the nation at the local level by working on intrafaith (with other Christian denominations such as Baptist and Anglican) and interfaith (predominantly with Buddhists, Muslims and Hindus). For this, priests and lay people will receive knowledge and skills required to work on these issues as well as technical and financial support to organize and promote activities within their communities for peace and interfaith relations. This project is supported by the CBCM interreligious dialogue commission formed by Patron Emeritus Archbishop Paul Grawng (Mandalay), Chairman Bishop John Hsane Hgyi (Pathein), Bishop John Saw Yaw Han (Yangon), Fr. Henry Director of KMSS Pathein, and Fr. Joseph Mg Win Director of KMSS Yangon.
Supporting the KMSS network’s organisational development KMSS (Caritas Myanmar) is CAFOD’s key strategic partner for Myanmar as the social arm of the country’s Catholic Church and as an organisation able to reach and work alongside the poorest communities in every part of Myanmar. 
As the Caritas Network moves towards compliance with the new Caritas International Management Standards (CIMS) by 2018, KMSS as an organisation is struggling to move along. However, the willingness of KMSS as a network to comply with CIMS has created a window of opportunity allowing CAFOD to work closely with KMSS national office and diocesan offices on improving systems and building capacity. 

This project therefore supports the Caritas Australia’s Programme Advisor who is based at KMSS and supports the organisation in moving towards the CIMS.

The specific responsibilities of CAFOD and Caritas Australia within this project are outlined in an MOU which is currently in a draft stage and will be finalised before the end of December 2015
Fire in Umpiem Mai Camp On the 23rd February a fire tore through Umpiem Mai camp, home to over 17,600 refugees from Burma. The blaze destroyed an estimated 413 shelters, home to 566 families, and damaged 350 others. A further 2 nursery schools, 2 mosques, 1 security office and 1 Muslim Women’s office were destroyed. An estimated 2,490 refugees have lost everything, including their monthly food ration that they received the day before the fire. Twenty people sustained minor injuries in their efforts to stop the fire, but fortunately, no deaths or major injuries were incurred. 

TBBC are responding by helping to re-build and repair the houses that have been destroyed or damaged by the fire, providing emergency shelter, food and non-food items.
Increasing understanding among different religious communities This project will support TLDA to involve with religious leaders, women leaders and youth from 4 different religious groups (Buddhist, Muslim, Christian and Hindu) in Lashio (Northern Shan State) and work with them to increase understanding between communities through individual (awareness and empathy) and relational (coordination and collaboration) changes. The idea of this project is to support the selected participants to organize and conduct community level activities and to work together to foster a message of coexistence and harmony in Lashio. Tensions between different religious communities have significantly increased since 2012 and have divided entire communities across Myanmar, in some occasions with demonstrations of violence. TLDA has implemented a series of interfaith projects in the country during previous years in order to increase the dialogue and relations between people of different faiths, and has already built trust and networks in areas that have experienced recent violence, such as Lashio. This project will have a different approach for religious leaders, women group and youth in terms of engagement and empowerment; and will promote their collaboration and coordination to promote positive change and peaceful relations between the 4 different religious groups. The community level activities that these participants will organize will be designed and planned by themselves with support of TLDA.
KMSS-Yangon Humanitarian Capacity development plan 2016-2017 The KMSS- Yangon humanitarian capacity development programme, is a partnership project between CAFOD and KMSS-Yngon. CAFOD will support KMSS-Yangon’s capacity development action plan which has been developed to enable them to respond more effectively and efficiently to any future emergencies in compliance with international humanitarian principles and standards. 
This capacity development intervention is targeting all these relevant teams to develop their capacity in order for them to be able to contribute to KMSS Yangon’s humanitarian work. The KMSS-Yangon HCD programme will support organization to clarify responsibilities and communication flow during emergencies and review strategic plans (SP) to include humanitarian and emergency preparedness strategies and ensure adherence to international humanitarian standards. The project also aim to ensure stability of KMSS will develop well-coordinated mechanism among dioceses and national office as well as more collaboration and relationship with government officials in the targeted area and other relevant stakeholders.
The project is also intended to have a complementary approach in coordination with CIMOs especially Caritas Australia.
KMSS Humanitarian Capacity development plan The KMSS humanitarian capacity development programme, is a partnership project between CAFOD and KMSS. CAFOD will support KMSS’s capacity development action plan which has been developed to enable them to respond more effectively and efficiently to any future emergencies in compliance with international humanitarian principles and standards. Other CI networks such as Caritas Australia and Trocaire will also provide technical support and funding.
Humanitarian is a key mandate of KMSS, therefore this project will support them to strengthen capacity of institutional as well as its staff to their emergency response. This capacity development intervention is targeting all these relevant teams to develop their capacity in order for them to be able to contribute to KMSS’s humanitarian work. The HCD programme will support KMSS to clarify responsibilities National and Diocesan Offices and communication flow during emergencies and review strategic plans (SP) to include humanitarian and emergency preparedness strategies and ensure adherence to international humanitarian standards. Also to ensure stability KMSS will develop well-coordinated mechanism among dioceses and national office as well as more collaboration and relationship with government disaster management agencies and other stakeholders where the community based DRR programme is operating.

This project is supporting activities undertaken in Phase 1 of the HCD Programme primarily from November 2015 up to March 2016. A further project will be developed for Phase 2 which will be a continuation of the activities started in this project.
KMSS EA 20/2015 Myanmar floods response GEF On 30 July, Cyclone Komen made landfall in Bangladesh bringing strong winds and additional heavy rains to significant areas of Myanmar, which resulted in a expansion of seasonal monsoonal flood waters. The cyclone affected the Rakhine State, Chin State.  

As of 3 August, the Relief and Resettlement Department (RRD) of the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement reported that over 330,000 people have been affected and 70 people have been killed across the affected states/regions. These figures are likely to rise in the coming days as more areas become accessible and more information becomes available. Some coastal areas took a double beating late last week when a tropical storm whipped through, posing a particular danger to badly built and poorly located camps in Rakhine state for more than 100,000 people displaced in the past few years by ethnic conflicts.  Over 10,000 locals across more than 30 villages in Hinthada District, Irrawaddy Division have had their homes inundated as floodwaters from northern Burma make their way through the Irrawaddy Delta.  Floods hit the district on Saturday, forcing thousands of people from their homes.  

Food, emergency health services, water and sanitation assistance, shelter, mosquito nets, and other relief items are the priority needs of the people affected by these floods.

A £30,000 contribution from GEF will provide up to 8,569 flood affected people with potable water, food distributions, hygiene kits and renovation or reconstruction of water sources and latrines in Chin and Rakhine states (Sagaing, Magway,  Mandalay, Yangon, Ayeyawaddy and Bago Divisions).
KMSS National Caritas' Humanitarian Capacity development plan 2016-2017 The KMSS National Caritas’s humanitarian capacity development programme, is a partnership project between CAFOD and KMSS National Office. CAFOD will support MKSS’s capacity development action plan which has been developed to enable them to respond more effectively and efficiently to any future emergencies in compliance with international humanitarian principles and standards. Other CI networks such as Caritas Australia and Trocaire will also provide technical support and funding.
Humanitarian is a key mandate of KMSS therefore this project will support them to strengthen capacity of institutional as well as its staff to their emergency response. This capacity development intervention is targeting all these relevant teams to develop their capacity in order for them to be able to contribute to KMSS’s humanitarian work. The HCD programme will support KMSS to clarify responsibilities National and Diocesan Offices and communication flow during emergencies and review strategic plans (SP) to include humanitarian and emergency preparedness strategies and ensure adherence to international humanitarian standards. Also to ensure stability KMSS will develop well-coordinated mechanism among dioceses and national office as well as more collaboration and relationship with government disaster management agencies and other stakeholders where the community based DRR programme is operating.
Humanitarian Assistance for Flood Affected Communities in Bago Region, Myanmar CAFOD will be responding to floods in Bago Region, Myanmar with food, cash and hygiene kits. As per ACAPS Briefing Note (10th September), on the 29 August, Swar Chaung Dam in Bago region’s Yedashe Township burst. (RFA 29/09/2018) Water from the dam on Swar Creek spilled into the Sittaung River and caused flooding across four townships: Yedashe, Taungoo, Oktwin and Kyaut Gyi, in Taungoo District. By 30 August, 85 villages from 17 village tracts across Taungoo District were inundated. (Eleven Myanmar 30/08/2018, Irrawaddy 31/08/2018). The precise impact is difficult to ascertain, however, as local sources interchange the figures of affected people with the number of people displaced. At least 10,000 people were reportedly taking refuge in relief camps by 31 August and by 7 September it was reported that flooding displaced at least 78,500 people: about 50,000 people in Yedashe, about 25,000 people in Taungoo, about 3,000 people in Oktwin and about 500 people in Kyaut Gyi.
Living together in peace / "Nyein chan swar atuu ta kwa nay htain chin" Metta Let Kann (MLK) is a community based organization formed by a Muslim teacher in Myeik (southern Myanmar) as a response to the escalation of intercommunal conflict and tensions since 2012 mainly between Buddhist and Muslim communities. Under this project MLK has the purpose of bringing diverse communities together (Buddhist, Muslim, Christian and Hindu) to promote tolerance and understanding, countering inter communal violence and discrimination (particularly against Muslims). The project will engage government staff (township and district level), business people (Myeik town), religious leaders (13), community leaders (4) and local CSOs (Myeik township) in a series of dialogues that will provide a safe space for discussion and exchange. These events will allow different groups to express their fears, expectations and ideas of working together and to find common ground between them. Following this, the different stakeholders will come together to implement 4 community led activities that will benefit multiple faith groups (Buddhist, Muslim, Christian and Hindu). MLK will facilitate the dialogues and support the implementation of the activities, as well as conducting regular follow up with the different stakeholders.

MLK has strong networks in the Myeik district and currently mediates and facilitates in intercommunal conflicts and tensions at the community level through face to face meetings and social media platforms (viber/ facebook). This project will also be an opportunity to provide organizational support to MLK and to enhance their capacity to become a strong CSO that represents the vision and position of multiple religious groups. Even though they have been working for peace and human rights since 2012, they need to improve in terms of policies and systems and to structure in a way that can allow them to grow and be more influential in the regional and national level.
CAFOD Myanmar Partners Workshop CAFOD Myanmar has been developing its new CSP to be approved in 2017. As a part of this process the local partners have been contributing through informal and formal conversations. After having conducted one internal workshop in CAFOD HQ, CAFOD Myanmar office will organize a workshop with partners in order to present and share its ideas for a new strategy. Up to this workshop CAFOD will be able to share an overview of the CSP process, strategic context, and the proposed Theory of Change. 
This will also be a great opportunity to share with the strategic partners on their own organizational strategies and how they feed up into CAFODs ways of working and its proposed ToC. The second day of the workshop will also try to foster a discussion between CAFOD and the partners around the way projects are going and the support needed. This sessions will be conducted in basis of a peer to peer learning exchange.
KMSS Finance Accompaniment Plan to Strengthen 16 Dioceses KMSS National Office is facilitating the process of “Financial System Strengthening” in KMSS network. This task includes (i) institutionalizing the finance policy and procedures roll out as well as (ii) systematizing the finance operation across the network.  With a uniform and strong financial system and procedures across all 16 dioceses, KMSS will move a significant step closer towards fulfilling the Caritas International Management Standards (CIMS) by 2018. The knowledge, skills and experience required to raise the capacity of all KMSS offices sufficiently in order to allow a full rollout of the finance policy cannot be covered by existing KMSS in-house resources and thus requires external expertise in the form of Finance Management Specialists for KMSS offices across the country.  
Considering the location and distances required to be covered by these 5 Finance Management Specialists, KMSS Board of Directors in its meeting in April 2016 meeting agreed to categorize 16 Diocesan Offices into 5 clusters based on geographic proximity, as well as ArchDiocese structure.  To cover all the 16 offices of KMSS Network spread across the 14 states/regions of Myanmar, KMSS proposes to engage 5 Senior Level Finance Management Specialists.  Each of the Finance Management Specialist will be reporting to the Director of the Diocesan Office where she/he will be located.  A detailed map of KMSS Diocesan network classified into 5 clusters is illustrated in Fig 1.
The 5 Finance Management Specialists will be based in Yangon (2 positions), Mandalay (2 positions) and Taunggyi (1 position).  Each Finance Management specialist will be responsible for 3-4 Diocesan Offices who manage and implement various projects.  Regular travel is required to help ensure successful implementation of “Financial System Strengthening”.  CAFOD will support the Pyay Cluster which covers 3 DO: Pyay, Pathein and Taungoo.
KMSS Pathein Humanitarian Capacity Development Action plan 2016-2017 The KMSS- Pathein humanitarian capacity development programme, is a partnership project between CAFOD and KMSS-Pathein. CAFOD will support KMSS-Pathein’s capacity development action plan which has been developed to enable them to respond more effectively and efficiently to any future emergencies in compliance with international humanitarian principles and standards. 
This capacity development intervention is targeting all these relevant teams to develop their capacity in order for them to be able to contribute to KMSS Pathein’s humanitarian work. The KMSS-Pathein HCD programme will support organization to clarify responsibilities and communication flow during emergencies and review strategic plans (SP) to include humanitarian and emergency preparedness strategies and ensure adherence to international humanitarian standards. The project also aim to ensure stability of KMSS will develop well-coordinated mechanism among dioceses and national office as well as more collaboration and relationship with government officials in the targeted area and other relevant stakeholders.
The project is also intended to have a complementary approach in coordination with CIMOs who are working with KMSS Pathein as well as to implement integrated approach with CAFOD projects in there.
Sustainable Empowerment of Civil Society in Myanmar Phase II This project is the second phase of the "Sustainable Empowerment of Civil Society in Myanmar” project from GSMI.
Under this new proposal GSMI is decided to continue working in support of Civil Society Actors in Myanmar by focussing on  1) Capacity Development;   (2) Issue based collective action and advocacy relating to: Consumer education and protection; Eco-farming; Climate Change adaptation; Alternative Education; Peace (Social harmony in order to promote coexist); 3) Social Enterprises Establishment and 4) GSMI organizational Development.  Through these four components GSMI expects to see how targeted CSAs, as well as GSMI staff members, are more active and capable of implementing sustainable development actions and effectively lead and collaborate with different stakeholders for a more inclusive and just society in Myanmar.
Cabo Delgado Joint Response The JR proposes a multi-sectoral response to the IDP crisis in Cabo Delgado, in line with the HRP 2021 which puts forward this approach (see UN Sector Analysis). SOS will implement in Cabo Delgado, and will prioritise the following districts: Mecufi and Metuge.
SOS CV works to ensure 5,000 people are able to meet their basic food needs (FSC-I2) through food packages distributions to Households in line with cluster recommendations.
SOS CV will reach 17,550 individuals and will mainstream protection throughout the response in line with HRP objectives, and also ensures specific programming to ensure people receive an appropriate response to protection risks (PRO-I2), are provided with information (PRO-I5), are reached by the implementation of specific 
GBV prevention measures (PRO-I11), UASC are specifically supported to address their various and complex needs (PRO-I8), and children receive support specific to their needs (PRO-I15). This includes:
- Unaccompanied and separated children (UASC) services including identification and case management, linkages with agencies for Family Tracing and Reunification (FTR) and provision of family-based alternative care, including support to informal foster families.
- Establish community protection committees at shelter centres to support and promote a community-based approach to protect women, men, girls and boys from different background. This includes training to members of community protection committees, local leaders and Internal displaced people in GBV, PSS incident reporting 
mechanisms.
- Training of teachers in CP and provision of PSS and disability inclusion
- Capacity building of CFS facilitators and PSS animators on Child Protection, psychosocial support, including PFA, Child Safeguarding, PSEA & GBV.
DRA Ukraine Joint Response phase 4 To provide emergency assistance and protection to 34.435 of the most vulnerable people affected by the humanitarian crisis in Eastern Ukraine. The fourth phase of the Ukraine Joint Response will intervene in the priority sectors Food Security and Livelihoods, Protection and Shelter/NFI. The cross-sectoral modality of Multi-Purpose Cash (MPC) will be used. Activities in the Joint Response plan are aligned with Humanitarian Response Plan (HRP) activities. Through the program outlined below the Joint Response will make an essential contribution to reach the strategic objectives for Ukraine in 2018. SO1: Advocate for and respond to protection needs SO2: Provide emergency assistance SO3: Improve resilience and prevent further degradation The Joint Response program will focus on the most vulnerable people in Eastern Ukraine. Groups that are specifically targeted are IDPs, children, youth, foster families, female-headed households, elderly, persons with a disability, trauma or chronic disease, people without access to social benefits and food insecure people of working age without any income. A cumulative vulnerability scoring tool will be used to prioritise between and within groups. The tool and methodology builds on the experiences of UkJR2 and UkJR3. The scoring will be made context-appropriate through focus group discussions. Vulnerability criteria will be harmonised with UN recommendations to ensure a country-wide coordinated targeting for particular activities.
Joint Response Horn of Africa 1 Save lives and prevent suffering for the most vulnerable drought-affected pastoral households in Korahi and Eastern Shebelle zones of the Somali region. FSL 1: Save lives and reduce morbidity due to drought and acute food insecurity through protecting the key livelihoods of the vulnerable households and ensuring milk availability and reducing the likelihood of families requiring emergency food FSL 2: Livelihoods are protected and restored through provision of emergency Feed, Seeds and Animal Health services. FSL 3: To save lives and protect livelihoods of food insecure households through the provision of food assistance FSL 4: To ensure that adequate food needs for the most affected people are met to improve food consumption, dietary diversity and reduce the number of people adopting negative coping mechanisms WASH 1: Save lives by responding to emergencies through improved coordination at all levels, to deliver water, sanitation and hygiene promotion assistance to affected populations Drought affected vulnerable households and IDP housholds in Korahe and Eastern Shebelle zones of Somali region, Ethiopia
The Next Economy - Supersize the Valley of Opportunity n/a Developing a significantly improved business climate improved for young entrepreneurs by the six Business Incubation Labs in Nigeria (3), Mali(1) and Somalia (2), herewith contributing to an inspiring ecosystem serving startups and small businesses to cooperate with each other and attract the attention and investments of the private sector, government and investors.