Emergency
Myanmar
- 18.6 million
- people in need of humanitarian assistance
- 13.3 million
- food insecure people
- 3.4 million
- people displaced by conflict
Food insecurity in Myanmar has risen sharply amid the worst humanitarian crisis in its recent history, affecting 13.3 million or one in four people.
Political crisis, conflict, economic downturn, pre-existing poverty and climate-related shocks are all driving the emergency.
Conflict is spreading into new areas, driving displacement at a record scale. Most displaced people are cut off from access to food and often dependent on WFP assistance for survival.
Meanwhile, the country is highly vulnerable to climate-related disasters. Most recently, in September of 2024, devastating floods caused by Super Typhoon Yagi have affected more than 1 million people. WFP continues to demonstrate its agility in responding to sudden-onset emergencies in Myanmar, including the Yagi flood response targeting 500,000 flood affected people.
Despite immense security constraints, humanitarian access and funding challenges, WFP is doing its utmost to assist at least 2 million people in 2024, increasingly working with local partners.
WFP urgently needs US$50 million to sustain aid for vulnerable communities until March 2025, and calls on the international community to scale up its support to the people of Myanmar.
What the World Food Programme is doing to respond to the Myanmar emergency
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Emergency response
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WFP’s priority is to ensure life-saving assistance reaches communities affected by conflict. Following breakthroughs over the past two years in accessing hard-to-reach locations, WFP has launched emergency food and nutrition programmes in Kayah State, southern Shan State, Bago Region and Sagaing Region for thousands of people.
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Nutrition
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WFP provides a comprehensive package of nutrition support to pregnant and breastfeeding women and young children aged between six months and five years. WFP also provides food and cash-based nutrition support to people living with HIV and TB, and delivers nutrition education and counselling.
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Resilience
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In areas with relative stability, WFP is creating livelihood opportunities and improving resilience through projects for the development of community assets such as roads, terrace land, irrigation canals, flood-protection dykes and home gardens. In 2023, over 78,000 people received food/cash assistance, as well as health and nutrition education, for their participation in WFP’s community resilience projects. So far in 2024 more than 47,000 have participated in community asset creation projects to build local resilience.
How you can help
WFP urgently needs US$50 million to provide assistance to vulnerable people until March 2025
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