Burma Border Assistance Program: Building Social Capital


Reporting Organization:Inter Pares
Total Budget ($CAD):$ 15,995,000
Timeframe: April 1, 2010 - December 31, 2015
Status: Completion
Contact Information: Unspecified

Partner & Funder Profiles


Reporting Organization


Inter Pares

Participating Organizations


Funders (Total Budget Contribution)


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Location


Country - Total Budget Allocation


Myanmar - $ 15,995,000.00 (100.00%)

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Areas of Focus


Health - Total Budget Allocation


Reproductive Health & Rights incl. Maternal Health (15 %)

Nutrition (9.5 %)

Primary Health Care (7 %)

Health Promotion & Education (4 %)

Infectious & Communicable Diseases (4 %)

Other - Total Budget Allocation


Humanitarian Response (21 %)

Human Rights, Advocacy & Public Engagement (18 %)

Food Security & Agriculture (7.5 %)

Environment & Climate Change (6 %)

Protection (5 %)

Law, Governance & Public Policy (3 %)

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Description


This project contributes to the development of civil society organizations and to building their capacity to identify needs, deliver services, and promote the interests of vulnerable and displaced people. An emphasis is placed on the participation of ethnic nationalities and women. Activities include: providing humanitarian assistance to Burmese refugees living in refugee camps in Thailand; the delivery of basic primary health care (including maternal and child health care) to displaced people in Burma’s border areas; and civil society research, advocacy, and capacity-building on the issues of gender and violence against women, environmental degradation, forced displacement, human rights, drug abuse, and independent media. The project works with Burmese organizations based in Thailand, Bangladesh, India, Malaysia, and China. Local executing agencies include the Thailand-Burma Border Consortium and the Mae Tao Clinic.

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Target Population


Gender and age: Unspecified
Total Direct Population: Unspecified
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Outputs


Unspecified

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Results & Indicators


Expected Results


Unspecified

Achieved Results


Results achieved as of December 31, 2013 include: (1) provided essential food and non-food necessities to approximately 119,000 Burmese refugees in Thailand in 2013. Since 2010 a total of 165,633 refugees in Thailand benefitted (94,497 for the entire period, 45,275 for three years, 15,861 for two years, and approximately 10,000 for one year). (2) 14 health partners treated over 314,000 cases in 2013 for a total of 1,322,657 cases since 2010; (3) 2,169 health workers received training in 2013 for a total of 8,602 trained since 2010; and (4) the workforce of trained health providers increased 9.3% in 2013 and a total of 29% since 2010. As a result, Burmese communities, including refugees, internally displaced people, and migrants have better access to basic services, such as food, shelter, and health care.

Through training and technical support, over 60 civil society organizations improved their ability to access, research, document, and disseminate information on environment and development issues, human rights, and women’s rights. The work of these organizations contributes to greater public awareness and access to information. In 2013, the government approved the registration of five media partners enabling them to publish and distribute newspapers in their respective states. Media partners also worked to raise awareness and contribute to national unity by organizing the first ever ethnic media conference in Yangon, at which government officials, Yangon-based journalists, civil society and ethnic political parties participated.

Organizations supported by this project are contributing to policy development processes at the national level in Burma. Representatives from two program partners were selected to participate on a national steering committee that work with the government to improve openness and accountable management of revenues from natural resources

Indicators


  • None Selected
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Associated Projects (If applicable)


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