Myanmar Floods 2015

Myanmar Floods 2015

Date: August 2015 Partners: Myanmar’s Heart Development Organisation (MHDO)   Unprecedented levels of rainfall, further exacerbated by Cyclone Komen, caused widespread flooding in Myanmar, affecting over one million people. On 4 August 2015, the Government of Myanmar...

Food Relief 2013

Date: October 2013   As part of peace time engagement, Mercy Relief conducted a food relief programme in Rakhine State for vulnerable communities in camps and villages.   Partners: Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement, State Government of...
Myanmar Ethnic Conflict and Flood Relief 2012

Myanmar Ethnic Conflict and Flood Relief 2012

Date: 2012   Ethnic unrest in the state of Rakhine and armed conflict in Kachin forced many innocents onto the streets, without access to food, water and shelter. According to official reports, over 200,000 people, a third of this number, children, were displaced...
Cyclone Nargis 2008

Cyclone Nargis 2008

Date: 2 May 2008 Tropical Cyclone Nargis, which hit the Ayeyarwady Delta region in Myanmar in May 2008, was the worst natural disaster to hit the country in recorded history. The UN reported a loss of close to 200,000 lives, with more than 2.4 million more affected....