Clik here to view.
Burmese govt launches aid effort for IDPs in Karen State
Burma’s Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement says it has delivered humanitarian supplies for over 3,800 villagers displaced by a recent wave of armed hostilities in Karen State. Local...
View ArticleClik here to view.
NGOs concerned by aid restrictions in Kachin State
A coalition of nine local humanitarian organisations active in Kachin State released a statement on Friday voicing their concern over restrictions imposed by the Burmese government and military on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Dr Cynthia wins Humanitarian Hero of the Year Award
When Cynthia Maung saw the suffering of fellow refugees who had fled Burma‘s crackdown on a pro-democracy uprising in the late 1980s and sought sanctuary in neighbouring Thailand, she knew she had to...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UN, WHO given access to IDPs in Buthidaung
International organisations, led by the United Nations’ refugee agency, distributed humanitarian aid on Wednesday to families who were recently displaced from their homes in Maungdaw by a surge in...
View ArticleClik here to view.
3,000 IDPs sheltering in Hsipaw, Namtu
At least 3,000 villagers who fled their homes in Shan State’s Kyaukme District to escape the fighting between Shan and Ta’ang militias are currently taking shelter in the towns of Hsipaw and Namtu....
View ArticleClik here to view.
Up to 4,000 IDPs on the run in Kachin, says aid team
Up to 4,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have fled from a displacement camp in Najan, Kachin State, due to intense clashes between Burmese government forces and the Kachin Independence Army...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Red Cross president urges Burma to grant access to aid workers
The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has asked Burma to let aid workers get access to people caught up in conflicts that have displaced tens of thousands despite a transition that...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Insurgents use IDPs as human shields, army chief tells ICRC
Insurgents are disguising themselves as refugees and using local people as human shields at displacement camps in Burma, Commander-in-Chief Snr-Gen Min Aung Hlaing told a Red Cross delegation on...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Thousands urgently require shelter in north Arakan, says UN
As monsoon season approaches, thousands of families urgently require shelter in Maungdaw Township and the surrounding areas of northwestern Arakan State, according to the United Nations. “There is a...
View ArticleClik here to view.
88 Generation barred from delivering rice to IDPs
The 88 Generation Peace and Open Society (88GPOS) said it has been prevented from delivering sacks of rice to ethnic Lisu people living in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Karen IDPs suffer food shortages as clashes rage nearby
Thousands of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) at the Myine Gyi Ngu camp in Karen State are living with increased food shortages since clashes broke out in recent days between a splinter faction of...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UN calls for ‘massive’ increase in aid as exodus to Bangladesh hits 400,000
KUTUPALONG CAMP, Bangladesh — Aid agencies have to step up operations “massively” in response to the arrival in Bangladesh of about 400,000 refugees fleeing violence in Burma, and the amount of money...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Tanai IDPs face looming food shortages, aid workers say
Internally displaced persons (IDPs) in Kachin State’s Tanai Township will face a shortage of rations by the end of this month, aid workers say. To date, the IDPs have been relying on food supplies...
View ArticleClik here to view.
UN seeks rapid increase in Rohingya aid; more bodies discovered in Burma
DHAKA — Muslim refugees seeking shelter in Bangladesh from “unimaginable horrors” in Burma face enormous hardship and risk a dramatic deterioration in circumstances unless aid is stepped up, the head...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Trapped Muslims in Arakan village get first substantial food aid in months
Rohingya Muslim villagers cut off from food and threatened by Buddhist neighbours in Burma’s violence-wracked Arakan State received their first substantial food supplies in months on Wednesday after...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Aid workers blocked from entering Muslim camp in Myebon amid tension
Buddhists in Burma on Wednesday blocked aid workers from visiting a camp for displaced Muslims in the central part of Arakan State, where the United Nations fears the spread of violence that has...
View ArticleUN rejects Burma claim that it agreed to help build housing for refugees
A UN settlement programme, UN-Habitat in Myanmar, on Thursday rejected a state media report that it had agreed to help build housing for people fleeing violence in the northern Burmese state of Arakan,...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Burma gives green light to resume food aid to Rakhine, says UN
GENEVA — Burmese authorities have agreed to allow the United Nations to resume distribution of food in northern Rakhine State which was suspended for two months, the World Food Programme (WFP) said on...
View Article
