Emergency Assistance for the locals of Myanmar

It is unfortunate that the current political condition of Myanmar is still unstable since last February. In the middle of the political turmoil, the disasters, and corona pandemic; local communities particularly the young and elderly are the most vulnerable.

In our first training center, annually, we have been empowering an average of 20 youth trainees through organic agriculture, food processing, livestock production, and environmental conservation since 1996. We have adopted the same training programs in our second training center which we established in 2017. Unfortunately, due to corona, it was difficult for us to accommodate and empower trainees. Therefore, while waiting for a healthier circumstance, the maintenance of our training centers and implementation of our regular training center activities, including the vegetable and rice farms, livestock production (hog raising and poultry), and food processing are done by our local staff.

Based on the report that we have received, there was a little rainfall this year before the rainy season. However, this September, there was more rainfall than usual which caused flood damages in some areas across the country. Despite all these problems, in our training centers, our local staff were able to start planting rice in July and successfully completed by the end of August. To assist the local farmers, we intend to distribute the soon to be harvested rice as an agricultural input.