Myanmar is the world’s forgotten crisis.
The conflict in Myanmar following a military coup in 2021 is ranked by the UN as one of the world’s most severe crises.
- 17.6 million people will be in humanitarian need in 2023
- 2.7 million people will have lost their homes and fled violence since the coup, along with over a million displaced pre-coup including Rohingya
- Collapse of basic services, including no education system for two years
- 30,000 people killed by violence, including 3,000 pro-democracy activists and other civilians killed through military crackdowns following pro-democracy movements..
Humanitarian relief efforts will always be ‘fire-fighting’ unless Myanmar’s communities can develop their own skills and knowledge to restore resilience.