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CARE has been working in Myanmar/Burma for 14 years, helping poor communities improve food security and livelihoods, health and access to safe water and sanitation. CARE's capacity in the country is significant, with over 500 staff working in more than 120 villages and towns across the country. We have offices in 11 of 14 states and divisions throughout the country. This includes a well established management and logistics infrastructure, including experienced program and support staff, vehicles, offices, financial management and accountability systems and procedures. CARE has a good understanding of the operating context in Myanmar and is able to successfully implement programs.
CARE's capacity in the country includes significant experience
delivering emergency relief, including food, water and shelter in
partnership with WFP and UNHCR. For example, in Rakhine state in 1994
CARE, delivered emergency food and shelter relief to Rohingya refugees.
Read more about our emergency relief work in Myanmar on our blog!
Memorandium of understanding
CARE has a memorandium of understanding (MOU) with the Government that allows CARE to respond to the emergency within the terms of the MOU. In response to the emergency, CARE has met with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Recovery (lead ministry for cyclone response), which has provided in principle approval for CARE to respond to the emergency in areas covered by the MOU, including expanding operations out of CARE's Pathein office in the Irrawaddy delta and importing relief items into the country. Longer-term recovery and rehabilitation programming will be subject to ensuring government approval for this longer-term engagement.
