Myanmar: Communicating with Communities Snapshot (as of 02 September 2015)

COMMUNITY ENGAGEMENT
People displaced by floods
Heavy rains caused floods across large
parts of the country, displacing more than
1.6 million people. The government led the 500,000
emergency response operations, including
the distribution of relief items and provision 180,000
of medical care to flood affected townships.
6,000
A Multisector Initial Rapid Assessment KACHIN
(MIRA), implemented by the government,
NGOs and UN agencies was conducted in
approximately 300 locations across
affected areas. Communities voiced their
preferred channels to receive information
and their information priorities.
INDIA
What news/information do you
want to know about? CHINA
SAGAING
Hseni
10%

33% CHIN
27%
SHAN
30%
MANDALAY

Weather information

Current location events

Home (place of origin) events NAY PYI TAW

MAGWAY
Other

RAKHINE KAYAH
Bay of
Bay of
Bengal
What do you want to know Bengal
about communication?
THAILAND
BAGO

14% Prefered way of

receiving information
KAYIN
AYEYARWADY Yangon
27% mobile YANGON
59%

radio MON
Communicate with aid agencies

Communicate with people in other State capital

locations

Other The boundaries and names shown and the designations used on this map do not imply official endorsement or acceptance by the United Nations.
THAILAND
What information on access to services/assistance would you like to know?

Nearly half of those who were questioned wantedTANINTHARYI

information on how
43.4% to access food, water, shelter materials and medical attention.

Food
Water Requiring
Access to Register Replacing Locating
Access to Information cooking fuel
Shelter education personal missing
for aid transport on nutrition /firewoood
Health documentation people

Creation date: 02 Sep 2015 Sources: RRD, Multisector Rapid Assessment, multiagency, MIMU, OCHA Feedback: ochamyanmar@un.org www.unocha.org www.reliefweb.int