Multi-Cluster Emergency Response: Education, Shelter/NFIs, WASH  Protection in Chin State (Mindat and Matupi), Magway Region (Saw) and Rakhine State (Sittwe, Pauktaw and Buthidaung). This consortium-led project addresses urgent EiE, Shelter/NFI, WASH, and Protection/MRE needs for conflict and pandemic affected people in Chin State (Mindat and Matupi Townships), Magway (Saw Townships) and Rakhine State (Sittwe, Pauktaw and Buthidaung Townships). Implementation will take place in 32 NDS in Chin, 4 NDS in Magway, and 6 NDS, 6 IDP camps and 6 villages in Rakhine. Multi-cluster interventions will target areas of greatest need reaching a total of 27,361 (5,769 men, 6,657 women, 7,725 boys and 7,210 girls) including 1,334 people with disabilities. 

The target beneficiaries are affected by ongoing crises including recurring conflict, protracted and new displacement, and COVID-19. This project aims to reduce the immediate suffering of those particularly vulnerable to crises by providing a rapid multi-cluster response in coordination with humanitarian actors and aligned with MHFSA2 priorities.
                                            
A conflict-sensitive approach will be followed towards the inclusion of vulnerable people in all project sites. Vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities and female headed households will be prioritised according to cluster guidelines. The project will consider specific needs of women and girls. Gender balanced staff will be recruited where possible, women will be separately engaged in consultations/trainings and SADDD will be collected. AAP, inclusion, protection, prevention of GBV/SEA, environmental risks and social cohesion will be mainstreamed throughout.

MA-UK Myanmar (MA-UK), Lutheran World Federation Myanmar (LWF), Mines Advisory Group (MAG), and Swanyee Development Foundation (SDF) are well positioned to implement this project due to their combined sectoral experience and presence in the target locations. 

Lead applicant MA-UK has been present in IDP camps, NDS and villages in Rakhine since 2012, working across Shelter/NFIs, WASH, EiE, Health and Livelihoods. MA-UK completed a MHF-funded project to reconstruct 40 shelters in Pauktaw in partnership with SDF in 2020 and is currently implementing 3 other MHF projects in Rakhine, Chin and Magway in consortia with LWF, SDF, MAG and CHRO. On this new project, MA-UK will continue to implement jointly with SDF in Sittwe and Pauktaw, utilising SDF’s access experience and strengthened capacity from previous MHF projects. 

Co-applicant LWF has been present in Chin since 2013 and is currently implementing a holistic rights-based rural development project in Mindat and Matupi, with staff embedded in affected communities and currently working in IDP camps, giving LWF unique access to the situation in camps. This project will build on the ongoing LWF-led MHF project implemented in partnership with MA-UK, MAG and CHRO, which is providing lifesaving support to IDPs and host communities in 32 sites in Mindat and Saw. LWF has been present in Rakhine since 2012 and is the CMA for 8 protracted IDP camps as well as focal agency for 63 NDS, including the sites targeted under this proposal. LWF also manages EiE activities for 8 protracted IDP camps.

Co-applicant MAG has operated in Myanmar since 2013 and has a strong record of delivering high quality mine action services including MRE, contamination baseline assessments, non-technical surveys and advocacy. MAG began work in Mindat, Saw and Paletwa under MHFSA1 2021 where they are working with CHRO to deliver MRE training to volunteers, supporting CSOs and INGOs in mainstreaming MRE to reach conflict affected communities and gathering data on explosive ordnance contamination. MAG is also implementing MHF funded work in Rakhine.


The consortium has a strong reputation, competent staff and a proven record of managing MHF funds. All partners are aware of the safety and security risks in the target areas including those related to COVID-19 and the political situation. All partners have mechanisms in place to operate in this context including security risk assessments.