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Myanmar: Cash for work for the poorest women
Building a retaining fence to prevent the erosion of the walkway through the village, Daw Ma Khine, 67, is grateful for employment which helps her pay for food for her grandchildren. Her son, the children’s father, lost his livelihood in the flooding that followed the torrential rains of Cyclone Komen in August 2015.
One of 60 people chosen to work for 50 days on the project, Daw Ma Khine and her fellow workers are equally paid the minimum wage each day.
The Tat Lan development programme in Myebon, Minbya, Pauktaw and Kyaukphyu is supporting income generation in vulnerable households through community‐led social protection infrastructure projects.
For the first time in their lives Rakhine State villagers who are participating in the Tat Lan programme, are realizing their own potential to develop the infrastructure their community needs.
The San Ba Yar community remember Cyclone Giri from 5 years ago, when they lost their homes and their livestock. They applied to Tat Lan for support to build a 6‐foot‐high embankment and 3,100ft (1,100 metres) walkway around the village perimeter and through its centre ‐ to give villagers access to each other when the tide is high.
Till June 2016, 125.8 miles of embankments with over 35 sluice gates and 42 culverts have been built to protect 26,457 acres of paddy land. This construction work was carried out by over 31,982 vulnerable community members through Cash for Work (CfW). More women than men benefited from CfW employment.
The Tat Lan development programme is funded by The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), a UK supported multi-donor fund. LIFT is also working with the Government of Myanmar to help deliver pensions for the over 85s.
Picture: Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund
Myanmar: Cash for work for the poorest women
Building a retaining fence to prevent the erosion of the walkway through the village, Daw Ma Khine, 67, is grateful for employment which helps her pay for food for her grandchildren. Her son, the children’s father, lost his livelihood in the flooding that followed the torrential rains of Cyclone Komen in August 2015.
One of 60 people chosen to work for 50 days on the project, Daw Ma Khine and her fellow workers are equally paid the minimum wage each day.
The Tat Lan development programme in Myebon, Minbya, Pauktaw and Kyaukphyu is supporting income generation in vulnerable households through community‐led social protection infrastructure projects.
For the first time in their lives Rakhine State villagers who are participating in the Tat Lan programme, are realizing their own potential to develop the infrastructure their community needs.
The San Ba Yar community remember Cyclone Giri from 5 years ago, when they lost their homes and their livestock. They applied to Tat Lan for support to build a 6‐foot‐high embankment and 3,100ft (1,100 metres) walkway around the village perimeter and through its centre ‐ to give villagers access to each other when the tide is high.
Till June 2016, 125.8 miles of embankments with over 35 sluice gates and 42 culverts have been built to protect 26,457 acres of paddy land. This construction work was carried out by over 31,982 vulnerable community members through Cash for Work (CfW). More women than men benefited from CfW employment.
The Tat Lan development programme is funded by The Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund (LIFT), a UK supported multi-donor fund. LIFT is also working with the Government of Myanmar to help deliver pensions for the over 85s.
Picture: Livelihoods and Food Security Trust Fund