DFID Myanmar

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[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

The #UKaid provides over half of the funding to the @LIFTfund.

[The LIFT Fund @LIFTfund]

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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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 @DFIDMyanmar]

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

[Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma @AlokSharma_RDG]

#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

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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.

[DFID @DFID_UK]

"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

[Yu Yu Naing @yuyunaing]

Congratulations to Myanmar, Multi Stakeholders Group members of EITI and NCS for the successful validation! @Myanmar_EITI https://t.co/dhqQpafdCp

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

#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

[Westminster Foundation for Democracy (WFD) @WFD_Democracy]

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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

#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

[Rt Hon Lord Alok Sharma @AlokSharma_RDG]

#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

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

“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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

#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).

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

DFID Myanmar’s @yuyunaing attended and represented the work we do in Myanmar.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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.

[DFID Myanmar @DFIDMyanmar]

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