Myanmar
In Myanmar (formerly Burma), HI advances the rights of survivors of mines and explosive remnants of war and people with disabilities and promotes their inclusion in local communities.
Physical rehabilitation session - Humanity & Inclusion Myanmar | © T. Calvot / HI
Our actions
HI provides assistance to survivors of landmines and explosive remnants of war, and to people with disabilities, helping them to access rehabilitation and psychological support. HI also helps people to protect themselves by raising awareness of the risks associated with mines and explosive remnants of war.
HI’s teams train medical teams in hospitals, including the emergency departments of children's hospitals in Yangon and Mandalay, in disaster preparedness, and advocates for developing national disaster preparedness plans. HI also trains organizations of people with disabilities to manage these risks. The teams run rehabilitation sessions for people with disabilities affected by the conflict in the state of Kayin.
HI’s Myanmar program also runs a disability early identification and intervention project (rehabilitation sessions, psychosocial support, etc.) for children under the age of five and pregnant women, among others, targeted in particular at survivors of natural disasters.
HI also works to ensure that people with disabilities have access to services such as healthcare, education and new sources of income.
Areas of intervention
Latest stories
"We need help": Burmese rescue workers in the midst of the chaos
One of Humanity & Inclusion's partners in Myanmar is an ambulance organization that has been mobilized since the first hours after the earthquake in Mandalay. A week on from the disaster, they recount their experience.
The toll of the earthquake in Myanmar continues to rise: 4,316 people have lost their lives, and 6,588 have been injured. HI is still on the ground, providing assistance to those affected.
Powerful earthquake in Myanmar: HI assessments underway
A powerful 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on Friday, March 28, according to the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS). HI, which is present in the country, is assessing the extent of the damage and preparing to intervene.
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Background
Negotiation between HI and the Myanmar government started in 1994, but the first operations are dated 2008, following cyclone Nargis.
The program, mainly focused on emergency response, was closed at the end of the response operations. In 2013, after a new exploratory mission, the program was reopened, initially focused on the possibility of starting humanitarian mine action.
Since the start of the COVID pandemic in 2020 and even more since the political crisis from February 2021, economy and financial services have collapsed and foreign investments have decreased, announcing a strong setback in the level of development and putting at risk of extreme poverty more than 50% of the population.
Myanmar remains the only regime in the world to make regular use of anti-personnel mines, but no mine clearance operations have been implemented.
Number of HI staff members: 120
Date program opened: 1994
