Highlights
We have delivered 1,000 locally-procured emergency shelter kits to Sittwe, Rakhine State with 800 arriving today (24/08). Local INGO & CSO partners will distribute them to affected communities this week;
Another delivery of 9,825 internationally procured shelter kits will arrive in Yangon on Wednesday (26/08) this week, to be distributed to affected areas of Chin, Magway, Sagaing, and Rakhine;
500 ‘family kits’ donated by DFAT/Australia were distributed in Rakhine State last week;
Preliminary Displacement Tracking Mechanisms (DTM) assessments have been completed in Kyauk Taw, Minbya, Mrauk-U in Rakhine State. The second round of DTM assessments for Maungdaw and Buthidaung in Rakhine State has finished with the report being finalised. The teams for the third round of DTM assessments for Chin State are now being mobilised and will start this week;
Proposal was submitted to ECHO for a EUR 1 million combined shelter and WASH project for Rakhine State. This was designed to complement the $1 million CERF allocation for shelter as well as the existing ECHO & OFDA DRR projects in Rakhine.