MYANMARA CALL FOR HUMANITARIAN AID

JANUARY – DECEMBER 2015

© IRIN / David Longstreath

2015 Humanitarian Response Plan

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51.4 million total population

536,400 targeted for humanitarian aid

1% of total population

$190 million USD funds requested

SITUATION OVERVIEW

Humanitarian needs persist in Myanmar due to ongoing armed conflict in Kachin and northern Shan States and continuing inter-communal tensions in Rakhine State. 240,000 people remain displaced. Largely as a result of restrictions on their movement and limited access to livelihood opportunities, many of the displaced remain highly dependent on humanitarian assistance. Shelters require reconstruction and items distributed early on in the crisis need replacing.

The 2015 Humanitarian Response Plan is part of a broader engagement by the United Nations and its partners in Myanmar to build peace and aid recovery and longer-term development. The plan aims to protect the people affected by conflict and disaster in Rakhine, Kachin and Shan, the three States with the most urgent humanitarian needs. Projects are designed to save lives and protect wellbeing; ensure equitable access to basic services and livelihoods and strengthen resilience to shocks from future conflict and disaster, including through early recovery and durable solutions initiatives. The strategy also stresses the importance of the commitment to joint advocacy, communications with affected people and conflict sensitivity.

CLUSTER/SECTORKACHIN &

NORTHERN SHANRAKHINE TOTAL

Camp Coordination and Camp Management

95,000 91,500 186,500

Education 36,795 53,320 90,115

Food Security 117,000 247,700 364,700

Health 119,801 416,600 536,401

Nutrition 13,252 75,558 88,810

Protection 119,570 179,310 298,880

Shelter / Non Food Items 99,000 120,000 219,000

Water, Sanitation and Hygiene 119,500 309,000 428,500

Total people targeted 119,801 416,600 536,401

FUNDING REQUIREMENTS BY CLUSTER/SECTOR

0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70

$ 65 million

$ 26 million

$ 23 million

$ 11 million

$ 9 million

$ 8 million

$ 7 million

$ 4 million

$ 37 million

GOAL OF HUMANITARIAN PARTNERS

To support the Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and local communities to ensure that the lives, dignity and well-being of people affected by conflict and disaster are protected.

STRATEGIC OBJECTIVES

Ensure that the life-saving protection and assistance needs of people affected by conflict and/or disasters are met;

Ensure that people affected by conflict and/or disasters have equitable access to basic services and livelihoods opportunities;

Enhance the resilience of communities to conflict and natural disasters and contribute to early recovery and durable solutions

79PARTNERS/AID ORGANIZATIONS

Food Security

Protection

Health

Water, Sanita-tion & Hygiene

Shelter & NFI

Education

Nutrition

Coordination, Com. Services

Camp Coord. & Management

NUMBER OF PEOPLE TARGETED

to humanitarian action in line with Myanmar Humanitarian Response Plan

CONTRIBUTING TO THE HUMANITARIAN RESPONSE PLAN

Myanmar’s humanitarian response plan provides sector-specific descriptions of the activities required to address the needs of the affected people, and the estimated funding requirements to address these needs. The plan contains contact information for each of the sectors. To learn more about the outstanding gaps, needs, and possible implementing partners, download the plan from: www.humanitarianresponse.info/system/files/documents/files/HRP%20Myanmar_FINAL.pdf

DONATING THROUGH THE CENTRAL EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND (CERF)

The CERF provides rapid initial funding for life-saving actions at the onset of emergencies and for poorly funded, essential humanitarian operations in protracted crises. The OCHA-managed CERF receives contributions from various donors – mainly governments, but also private companies, foundations, charities and individuals – which are combined into a single fund, to be used for crises anywhere in the world. Between 2006 and 2014, CERF has provided Myanmar with $85 million to address priority life-saving needs. Find out more about the CERF and how to donate by visiting the CERF website: www.unocha.org/cerf/our-donors/how-donate

DONATING THROUGH THE EMERGENCY RESPONSE FUND (ERF)

The Myanmar ERF is a multi-donor pooled fund that provides humanitarian organizations with rapid and flexible in-country funding to address critical funding gaps in the core humanitarian response, and to respond quickly to urgent emergency needs. To learn more about the Myanmar ERF, please send an email to erf-myanmar@un.org. Further information on ERFs can be found here: www.unocha.org/what-we-do/humanitarian-financing/emergency-response-funds-erf

REGISTERING AND RECOGNIZING YOUR CONTRIBUTIONS

OCHA manages the Financial Tracking Service (FTS), which records all reported humanitarian contributions (cash, in-kind, multilateral and bilateral) to emergencies. Its aim is to give credit and visibility to donors for their generosity and to show the total amount of funding and resource gaps in humanitarian appeals. Please report your contributions to FTS, either by email to fts@un.org or through the on-line contribution report form at http://fts.unocha.org.

Guide to Giving

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KEY HUMANITARIAN ISSUES

Ò Prolonged displacement resulting from on-going inter-communal tensions and unresolved armed conflict

Ò Unequal and inadequate access to basic services and livelihoods opportunities

Ò Challenges in finding durable solutions for the displaced

Ò Building resilience and preparing for new emergencies

the Humanitarian Community in Myanmar will be able to deliver life-saving and protection assistance to the most vulnerable people in Rakhine, Kachin and northern Shan states.

WITH US$190 MILLION,

184,000 crisis-affected people will have access to basic health care services.

90,000 crisis-affected children will have access to education.

10,000 crisis-affected children will receive therapeutic care for severe acute malnutrition.

206,000 crisis-affected people will have adequate shelter.

428,000 crisis-affected people will have safe drinking and domestic water.

306,000 crisis-affected people will receive food and/or cash assistance.

The designations employed and the presentation of material in this report do not imply the expression of any opinion whatsoever on the part of the Secretariat of the United Nations concerning the legal

status of any country, territory, city or area or of its authorities.