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New 'Crocs' and Raincoats for Children in Kachin State, Myanmar

5/8/2022

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The children we support in Kachin State, Myanmar have recently received new 'crocs' and raincoats to help them cope with the heavy rains and flooding in the remote mountain camps where they live. 

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Food Parcels for Starving Kachin Families

28/1/2022

 
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​Border closures and conflict have left hundreds of families without food and basic supplies in Kachin State, Myanmar where Children on the Edge work with displaced communities, living in remote mountain camps. Our food relief programme has just ensured that 970 households received emergency food parcels, to last them a month. Find out more below.

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Warm Clothes and Schools Reopening for Children in Kachin State, Myanmar

27/1/2022

 
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Every year, our partners in Kachin State, Myanmar provide the children who attend our Early Childhood Development centres with a new set of warm clothes to help them stay warm during the winter months. The children received their parcels in December 2021 and were absolutely delighted with their new clothes. The children were even happier to return to their preschools to show off their new clothes in January after many months of closures. 

Thank you so much for your donations throughout the year that help to make this all happen. 

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Kachin State, Myanmar: the World’s Forgotten Conflict

4/10/2021

 
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The World’s Forgotten Conflict in Kachin State, Myanmar is forcing hundreds of thousands of displaced Kachin people to live in remote mountain camps, cut off from basic services and support. Compounded by Covid-19 and a military coup in Myanmar; the situation for the people of Kachin State is getting worse. Read more about the current situation and what we’re doing to help.

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REFUGEE STORIES: Kachin State, Myanmar

7/6/2021

 

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Bawk Kai Mai is five years old and lives in Kachin State, Myanmar. She attends one of the Early Childhood Development Centres we support in the remote mountain camps near the border of China.

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Working with families to build ‘Protective Environments’ for children during the pandemic

29/4/2021

 
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Children on the Edge works alongside local communities in some of the toughest places in the world to transform the lives of overlooked children by co-creating protective environments where they can safely live, play, learn and grow.  To do this, we work closely with the people and places that have the most impact on the child: the family, classroom, community and society. 

If families lack the resources to meet needs and solve problems, their children are pushed to the edge. They become poorly protected and are at risk of abuse, exploitation, exclusion and neglect, causing irreversible damage. 


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Working on the edge with refugee children

9/6/2020

 
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As we approach our 30th year working with children on the edge of their societies, we reflect on what ‘the edge’ is for the children today and review our progress in working with refugee communities. ​

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World Refugee Day 2019 - Hearing from the children we work with

20/6/2019

 
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On the 20th June each year, the world commemorates the strength, courage, and resilience of millions of refugees. Around the world more than 50 million people have fled their homes, and over half of these are children.

The refugee children we work with in Lebanon, Bangladesh and Myanmar all show great strength, courage and resilience every day, surviving in some of the toughest places around the world. On World Refugee Day 2019, we wanted to take the time to share some of their thoughts and experiences. 

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Why is Early Childhood Development vital for Young Refugee Children?

9/5/2019

 
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Children on the Edge has been investing in early years education for marginalised children in different areas of the world since 2000 [ii].

​The UN 2019 Global Education Monitoring report states that best practices for refugee children under the age of five should focus on families and caregivers, which is exactly what we do. 

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Communities are supported to offer their children quality early learning opportunities, through a child friendly and play focused curriculum in a safe and loving environment
"Providing a solid start in life for every child is increasingly urgent in a fractured world where many millions of children spend their formative early years in emergency settings”.
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​(Anthony Lake 
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The Edge in Kachin State, Myanmar

1/4/2019

 
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Kachin State is the northernmost state of Myanmar (also known as Burma) and is bordered by China to the north and east. The Kachin people are an ethnic minority in Myanmar, a highland indigenous people with rich traditions.

​Historical tensions between the Kachin Independence Organisation (KIO) and the Myanmar government have intensified over the last seven years, placing civilians at huge risk.
A 17-year ceasefire was broken by Burmese troops in June 2011, heavy shelling near civilian populations was commonplace and women reported many incidents of systematic rape by the Burmese Army. ​

Human Rights Watch reported government soldiers blocking needed humanitarian aid, torching villages and firing on innocent civilians and Fortify Rights have extensive evidence of systematic torture being used as an attack on civilians.

​Conflict intensified again at the start of 2018 and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) estimate that around 97,000 people remain displaced in Kachin State, spread across 140 camps. Our partners estimate the numbers on the border to be more in the region of 120,000.

​More than 46% of those displaced are living in areas beyond government control where international actors have very limited humanitarian access. Those living in the crowded Internally Displaced People's (IDP) camps are terrified, cut off from vital aid and still subject to regular military attack.
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As central government appears determined to crush the last remaining pocket of armed resistance in Myanmar, their recent tactics have been increasingly harsh. With significant natural resources and political influence at stake, the human tragedy is worsening, and largely ignored by the international community.
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Thousands of Kachin children are forced to cope in very difficult circumstances with little support for their healthy development. Many children here under the age of 6, have known little else but war.

​Daily life offers few chances of respite from the effects of violence and they have no access to early years education, creative play and psychosocial support.

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