Project Name
Resettling Internally Displaced Persons in Sadon Town, Kachin State, Myanmar
Project Location
Myanmar
Project Natures
- Urban and Rural Development
- Livelihood Development
- Church and Community Mobilisation
Project Objectives
- Optimise the basic living environment in new resettlement areas, including establishing safe drinking water systems, and connecting power and lighting systems.
- Organise community organisations to promote community participation. With the assistance of local churches and FMFF, mobilise community residents to organise community organisations and develop new resettlement areas.
Beneficiaries
- Families of the Lisu ethnic group living in new resettlement areas
- Displaced persons within the country
No. of Beneficiaries
- Approximately 45 Lisu families
- 350 internally displaced persons
Key Activities
- Provide livelihood support (training, farm inputs, savings and loan groups, etc.), community health education, and counselling.
- Supply safe drinking water, establish a safe drinking water management committee and establish a safe water supply system.
- Establish household gardens to improve food security, distribute seeds and livestock, and provide training on household garden cultivation.
- Construct agricultural irrigation systems, and build new water storage tanks and water pipelines for agricultural development.
- Connect to electricity and set up lighting systems.
Project Period
Apr 2022 to Mar 2024
Expenses
Approx. HK$780,000
IMPACT STORY
Woo (pseudonym) is a 31-year-old farmer. He was living with six family members in Ngar Htone village in Kachin state. On 10 January 2017, armed groups caused intense warfare, and he and his family had to flee their village. The family journeyed for five days with little food, only one knife, one blanket, and a few baby clothes. They eventually reached a refugee camp in Sadon. On the way, his wife and children were very scared by the sound of gunfire.
Before the warfare, they had pigs and cows, but they could not bring them along during the war. When they reached the refugee camp, there was not enough food, but thankfully the Lisu Christian Church gave them some vegetables. Three months later, FMFF staff visited their family and distributed food and rice to them, as well as education and healthcare for the children.
Woo says: ‘Whenever FMFF staff came to visit us, we prayed together and asked God for a safe community and rebuilding our homes. Through God’s grace, we were able to know FMFF and CEDAR, the two organisations that truly love and care for our Lisu people for many years.’
Woo’s family prays and blesses the staff of the two organisations every Sunday, and prays for peace. Woo’s family hopes to rebuild their home soon.
PARTNER INFORMATION
Partner Name
Full Moon Family Foundation (FMFF)
Year of establishment
2004
The Year Our Partnership Started
2004
Partner's Mission
Serving the poor, helping orphans and youth in conflict-affected areas and communities, assisting refugees, and rebuilding peaceful communities.
donation method
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