Multisectoral (WASH, Shelter/NFI/CCCM, EiE, Protection) Rapid Response in Mindat, Chin State, and Saw, Magway Region, Myanmar, and Emergency Response in Thantlang This consortium-led project addresses urgent Shelter/NFI/CCCM, WASH, EiE, Protection/MRE, and COVID-19 prevention needs of IDPs and vulnerable groups in Mindat Township, Chin State, and Saw Township, Magway Region. Implementation will take place in 32 IDP sites and host communities with multi-sector interventions targeting areas of greatest need, reaching a total of 4249 IDPs (1186 men, 1364 women, 790 boys, 909 girls) including 544 people with disabilities. The target areas are all profoundly affected by the ongoing humanitarian crisis in Chin, with the majority of the population displaced and living in makeshift IDP camps, some of which have spilled over to Saw Township in neighbouring Magway Region. This project aims to contribute to the reduction of the immediate suffering of IDPs in these target areas by providing rapid multi-sectoral support, in coordination with other actors in Chin and in alignment with the priorities of this allocation.                                              
A conflict-sensitive approach will be followed towards the inclusion of vulnerable people in all project sites. Specific vulnerable groups such as people with disabilities, PSNs and female headed households will be prioritised according to cluster/sector guidelines. The project will consider women’s specific needs. Gender balanced staff will be recruited where possible, women will be separately engaged in consultations/training and gender, age, and disability-disaggregated data will be collected. AAP, inclusion and protection, prevention of GBV/SEA, environmental risks, and social cohesion will be mainstreamed throughout.
Lutheran World Federation Myanmar (LWF), MA-UK Myanmar (MA-UK), Mines Advisory Group (MAG), and Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) are well positioned to implement this project due to their combined sectoral experience and longstanding presence in the target locations. LWF has been present in Myanmar since 2008 and in Chin since 2013, and is currently implementing a holistic rights-based rural development project in Mindat and Matupi Townships of Chin State, with LWF staff embedded in the communities affected by this crisis and currently working within IDP camps, giving LWF unique access to the situation within the camps.
Co-applicant MA-UK has been present in IDP camps, NDS and host communities/villages in nearby 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 another MHF project in Rakhine as part of a consortium with LWF, SDF and AN. MA-UK will provide technical WASH support to this new project in Chin.
MAG has operated in Myanmar since 2013 and has a strong track record of delivering high quality mine action services including Mine Risk Education (MRE), Contamination Baseline Assessments (CBA), Non-Technical Survey (NTS) and advocacy activities. Until 2020, MAG teams have delivered 3,865 MRE sessions to 118,189 beneficiaries and have conducted 2,892 CBAs. Since 2020, MAG has worked with local partner Chin Human Rights Organisation (CHRO) to conduct a pilot project of remote contamination assessments in Chin State to identify the extent and nature of landmine contamination in conflict-affected villages, and to tailor MRE messaging to the local context. This ongoing survey was paused due to the military coup. Through MHF funding, MAG and CHRO hope to build on this pilot project by delivering life-saving MRE to IDPs and conflict-affected communities in Mindat, gathering data on explosive ordnance contamination in villages of origin, and supporting CSOs in mainstreaming humanitarian mine action into protection monitoring activities. 
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