Provision of multi-sectorial humanitarian assistance to Internally Displaced People in Kayin State through promoting localization of aid Due to the long-term conflicts happening in Kayin State, communities living in the state, including women, children and persons with disabilities have been displaced from their villages. The situation has been worsening since the military takeover in February 2021, resulting in an increasing number of armed conflicts and hence large displacements. People fled from their villages to other villages or to temporary settlement places in the jungle. 

Internally displaced people in such situations are facing many challenges including limited or no access to food, safe water, essential health care services including rehabilitation services and emergency referral services. They are also at the risk of being exposed to remnants of war and land mines. Due to the conflicts, the security status of communities is deteriorating with increased protection risks and communities’ shelters have been damaged regularly by the active fighting. There are also reported cases of water borne diseases due to the lack of access to safe water or lack of hygiene knowledge. Due to the situation being in constant insecure state and lack of essential needs means that they also need psychological support. In addition, children do not have access to education services in this critical situation, plus nutrition support is limited for under-5 and other vulnerable children and pregnant and lactating women due to limited humanitarian assistance.

To respond the emerging needs, Humanity amp Inclusion (HI) and its two local partners will provide multi-sectorial humanitarian assistance to most at-risk groups of people under seven sectors of intervention. Overall project objective is to address the humanitarian needs of internally displaced people including persons with disabilities and other vulnerable population in Kayin State through multi-sectoral approach including food security, health,  education, Water, Sanitation and Hygiene (WASH)   and protection. 

The proposed intervention will work closely with 2 local partners who have widespread operational presence. The first one is Committee for Internally Displaced Karen People (CIDKP) which delivers humanitarian assistance to IDPs and conflict-affected communities in response to their needs and working for communities in the South East corridor. The second one is Karen Ethnic Health Organizations Consortium (KEHOC) which is a consortium formed by health departments from 5 different organizations (Ethnic Health Organizations) (KDHW, BGFHD, DKBAHD, KNU/KNLA-PC (PCHD) and KPFHD) to promote access to basic health care services by IDPs. Both partners were selected based on their previous working experience in thematic areas, operational presence and commitment to work for communities. In addition, HI is also a technical organization with working experience of health, food security, nutrition, education, Non-Food Items and protection in different areas. 

The project will be implemented in Thandaunggyi, Myawaddy, Hlaing Bwe (targeting IDPs from Hpapun) and Kyainseikgyi. Target groups will be Internally displaced people who are displaced due to the recent armed conflicts and other vulnerable population who have limited access to humanitarian assistance, through a 7-month project. 

The project will adopt a conflict sensitive approach and promote inclusion of different gender, age and disability into project activities by focusing on “Do No Harm” principle.