Dear followers, @DFIDMyanmar will be no longer used. We're shifting our channel to UK in Myanmar. Please make sure you follow @ukinmyanmar to engage with us. See you there.
We're at the first annual #Myanmar#Microfinance Forum today in Nay Pyi Taw! Fund Board Member Pete Howson gave LIFT's welcome remarks and spoke to the media about addressing #climatechange through building #climateresilience, making #finance accessible to the most vulnerable.
Creating jobs for disadvantaged groups is vital. It provides them opportunities to contribute to and benefit from economic growth. The #UKaid🇬🇧️funded @DanaFacility & The Leprosy Mission Myanmar are working to improve the livelihoods for those people. https://t.co/igdJQw8qfu
Cities mean so much to so many people in so many ways. The #UKaid🇬🇧 funded Hlan Chi programme is working with the Yangon Regional Government to establish a pathway for reforms that will enable a regeneration of industrial estates in Yangon. #WorldCitiesDay#BetterCityBetterLife
DFID Myanmar hosted a meeting today with implementing partners. We discussed overall risk management strategy and #Brexit implications. We also shared the recent #IDC report on #safeguarding and encouraged partners to strengthen safeguarding down the delivery chain #getready1000
#UKaid is researching a vaccine for a pig disease that destroys farmers’ livelihoods in developing countries + kills 50,000 people each year
This will save lives, help poor farmers rear healthy pigs and help them become less reliant on aid
#100WaysAidWorks
Textile Designer and Entrepreneur Phyu Ei Thein emphasised that access to education and and job opportunities are essential to achieve sustainable peace in #Myanmar at the ‘Voice for Peace’ of the Joint Peace Fund which receives funding support from #UKaid🇬🇧 and others.
"We will end slavery in all its forms" - @k_satyarthi
Every year, millions of women fall prey to modern slavery. #UKaid is working to change that through education and creating decent work for vulnerable women
It's time to #EndHumanTrafficking#AntiSlaveryDay
#UKaid is empowering people, changing lives and transforming communities across #Myanmar. Over six million people benefits from our help, supporting to improving health care & education, providing humanitarian assistance, supporting economic reform and creating jobs. #EndPoverty
Research services provide parliamentarians with impartial & timely information to help them make decisions. 📑
WFD & @commonslibrary staff supported members of the Research Services of the national assembly of #Myanmar to train their colleagues at the state and regional level.
#WorldFoodDay reminds us that 815 million people in the world were suffering from chronic undernourishment. Through @LIFTfund , #UKaid 🇬🇧️ is helping to reduce malnutrition, childhood stunting as well as to improve the livelihoods in #Myanmar.
#OurActionsAreOurFuture
#UKaid is empowering girls to realise their full potential. A country will never prosper if half its population is locked out.
On #InternationalDayoftheGirl I am proud to stand up for the rights of women and girls.
#100WaysAidWorks
The Secretary of State for International Development/UK aid announced at the UN General Assembly in New York the UK’s $750 million pledge to support family planning in low-income countries.
“The UK is determined to accelerate progress towards the Family Planning 2020 goal and will step up its global leadership to take increased action in Myanmar.’’ #UKaid’s Head of Office Dr Rurik Marsden said at an event at Than Lyin in commemoration of #WorldContraceptionDay.
#UKaid🇬🇧 supports Myanmar to have better manage urbanisation and urban areas in #Myanmar through Hlan Chi programme. This week in Naypyidaw, Hlan Chi has signed the Technical Assistance Cooperation Agreement with the Department of Urban and Housing Development (DUHD).
With the support of #UKaid 🇬🇧through Infra Capital Myanmar, Magway Chief Minister and delegation team had great trip to wind-farm in Mongolia. The tour promoted technical exchange between Myanmar and Mongolia, focusing on the opportunity to harness the benefits of wind power.
First ever mobile clinic in Pansang Tps, Special Region 2, organised by #UKaid🇬🇧 & others funded Access to Health Fund’s partner Health Poverty Action Myanmar. The patients, visited the mobile clinic in Denger Village, received services like blood sugar tests and treatment.
Inclusion is one of the #UKaid🇬🇧 values. Check how UK aid and others funded @LIFTfund works to improve the lives of people with disabilities in Northern Shan State. https://t.co/MWie992QQh