{"id":8669,"date":"2021-05-07T11:34:00","date_gmt":"2021-05-07T11:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/mediciperlapace.org\/progetto\/myanmar-humanitarian-emergency\/"},"modified":"2025-04-14T09:54:18","modified_gmt":"2025-04-14T09:54:18","slug":"myanmar-humanitarian-emergency","status":"publish","type":"progetto","link":"https:\/\/mediciperlapace.org\/en\/progetto\/myanmar-humanitarian-emergency\/","title":{"rendered":"MYANMAR &#8211; Humanitarian Emergency"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"8669\" class=\"elementor elementor-8669 elementor-7670\" data-elementor-post-type=\"progetto\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-58c1cde e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"58c1cde\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5612e90 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5612e90\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tThe project, financed with Doctors for Peace&#8217;s own funds and implemented by the local partner KMSS and the volunteers of Three Pagoda, aims to improve the living conditions of the local population affected by military violence following the coup d&#8217;\u00e9tat of February 1, 2021. The intervention aims to distribute food and basic necessities to the refugee population in the forest in Kayin State, near the border with Thailand. \n\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5d4d99d4 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"5d4d99d4\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-527c536a elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"527c536a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Project Map\n<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-908ddd7 elementor-widget elementor-widget-google_maps\" data-id=\"908ddd7\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"google_maps.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-custom-embed\">\n\t\t\t<iframe loading=\"lazy\"\n\t\t\t\t\tsrc=\"https:\/\/maps.google.com\/maps?q=Myanmar%20&#038;t=m&#038;z=4&#038;output=embed&#038;iwloc=near\"\n\t\t\t\t\ttitle=\"Myanmar \"\n\t\t\t\t\taria-label=\"Myanmar \"\n\t\t\t><\/iframe>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a6b48d0 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"a6b48d0\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b9b4897 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b9b4897\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">The context<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5fcf9a8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5fcf9a8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>On the morning of February 1, 2021, Myanmar&#8217;s State Counsellor <strong>Aung San Suu Kyi (Nobel Peace Prize in 1991),<\/strong> President Win Myint and other leaders of the ruling party, the National League for Democracy (NLD), were arrested and detained by the <em>Tatmadaw<\/em>, Myanmar&#8217;s army.<\/p><p>In fact, the <em>Tatmadaw<\/em> contested the 2020 legislative elections, won like the previous ones by the National League for Democracy, requesting the intervention of the army to resolve the ongoing political crisis. After the election commission denied the allegations, <strong>the armed forces declared a year-long state of emergency<\/strong>, handing over power to the commander-in-chief of the armed forces Min Aung Hlaing. <\/p><p>The coup has sparked <strong>peaceful protests across Myanmar<\/strong>, where democracy is perceived as a hard-won value after decades of dictatorship. The army is repressing the demonstrations with the use of violence. According to the United Nations, in the first two months of protests alone (February and March 2021) <strong>more than 500 people were killed by the Burmese armed forces<\/strong>. <strong>Civilians and vulnerable groups such as women and children<\/strong> are among the victims. The UN Human Rights Council is currently investigating the <strong>serious violation of human rights by the army <\/strong>during the clashes.    <\/p><p><strong>KMSS International<\/strong> (already a local partner of Doctors for Peace in the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.old.mediciperlapace.org\/myanmar-emergenza-covid-19\/\">Myanmar-Covid-19 Emergency<\/a> project) is sending documentation material on the emergency situation of the population of the Hpa-Pun area, in the State of Karen, on the border with Thailand<strong>. Aerial bombardments by the Burmese army directly on villages have pushed more than 20,000 people to flee, including families with elderly people and children.<\/strong><\/p><p>About 3,500 people are attempting to flee across the border into Thailand; the others are seeking <strong>refuge in the thick of the forest<\/strong> that covers the area.<\/p><p>In the jungle, <strong>displaced people are facing deprivation and severe suffering caused by lack of food, drinking water, medicines<\/strong>.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ae05e38 e-flex e-con-boxed e-con e-parent\" data-id=\"ae05e38\" data-element_type=\"container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"e-con-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5a41033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"5a41033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Activities<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-3a62d59 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"3a62d59\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>In order to respond to the needs that have emerged, Doctors for Peace intends to bring:<\/p><ul><li>basic necessities for families sheltering in the forest;<\/li><li>food and water for displaced people;<\/li><li>Hygiene kits<\/li><\/ul><p>Doctors for Peace does not intend to remain indifferent in the face of what is to all intents and purposes a violation of human rights: for this reason it was decided to start an emergency crowdfunding to allow everyone to participate in the solidarity movement with our Burmese friends and colleagues. 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