http://www.wfp.org/feeds/Myanmar Country content en http://www.wfp.org/photos/gallery/wfp-emergency-reef-operation-rakhine-state WFP assistance to the displaced people in Rakhine State started immediately after the eruption of violence in June and has been expanded to reach all people affected by the recent events in October. Myanmar Local Emergencies Thu, 15 Nov 2012 10:32:01 +0000 WFP 347275 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/videos/wfp-assistance-rakhine-state-myanmar  Rakhine state is an extremely remote, undeveloped region where inter-communal violence has forced tens of thousands of people from their homes in recent months.  WFP is providing food assistance to around 100,000 displaced people in Rakhine state. Aid professionals WFP in Action Aid professionals Hunger in the news Journalists Preventing Hunger Responding to Emergencies Myanmar English Asia Video News Release Emergency Assessments Emergencies Refugees and IDPs General Food Distribution Tue, 13 Nov 2012 10:21:14 +0000 WFP 346303 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/videos/myanmar-wfp-response-increased-need-rakhine-state WFP's Marcus Prior reports from Rakhine State in Myanmar where WFP was able to reach all of the townships affected by the resurgence of intercomunal violence in October within the space of a week.  Myanmar Asia Video stories Refugees and IDPs Fri, 09 Nov 2012 15:38:20 +0000 WFP 343693 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/muslims-fleeing-sectarian-violence-burma-drown-crisis-deepens (...) "The situation is dire. The UN is doing its best, but it is trying to find more funding to help them," said Chris Lewa, director of the Arakan Project, an NGO working with the Rohingya. With at least 32,000 people displaced by the latest violence – and at least 107,000 since trouble broke out in June – thousands have sought safety in refugee camps around the Burmese town of Sittwe. Those camps are at crisis point, according to Refugees International, which estimates that nearly a quarter of children were malnourished. Hunger in the news Myanmar hunger in the news Asia The Guardian Tue, 06 Nov 2012 11:36:44 +0000 WFP 341419 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/stories/myanmar-wfp-steps-rakhine-response-newly-displaced Daw Thin Mya’s intelligent eyes sparkle through her glasses. Fifty-five years old, a successful businesswoman and mother of four, she is sitting outside a makeshift ‘dormitory’ of wood and corrugated iron that she and nine other families now call home. Responding to Emergencies Myanmar Asia Emergencies Fri, 02 Nov 2012 12:15:09 +0000 Marcus Prior 338573 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/flooding-myanmar-forces-thousands-flee Torrential rain in Myanmar has forced thousands to flee their homes and flooded hundreds of thousands of acres of rice paddies. (..) The government, private benefactors and the World Food Program have provided food rations to flood victims. Hunger in the news Myanmar hunger in the news Asia CNN Mon, 27 Aug 2012 14:26:11 +0000 WFP 293913 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/myanmar-farmers-listen-tune-out-hunger Padamyar FM, a radio station covering the Sagaing region of Myanmar’s Dry Zone, has been broadcasting local market prices of crops, from sesame and maize to peas and groundnuts, twice a day since March. (..) Myanmar’s Dry Zone, home to about 14.5 million people, is also one of the hungriest parts of the country. According to the World Food Programme, 41 percent of households there are food insecure – meaning that they regularly cut down on what they eat because they don’t have enough food. Hunger in the news Myanmar hunger in the news Alertnet Asia Fri, 13 Jul 2012 14:33:47 +0000 WFP 277608 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/un-90000-have-fled-myanmar-ethnic-violence The World Food Program says it has distributed emergency food supplies to 66,000 people in the past week and is now moving additional stocks to the western Rakhine state. WFP spokeswoman Elisabeth Byrs told reporters in Geneva on Tuesday that the agency is planning a three-month operation in the area. Hunger in the news Myanmar hunger in the news Asia Dawn Tue, 19 Jun 2012 14:34:25 +0000 WFP 262263 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/news/news-release/wfp-scales-response-rakhine-displacement-myanmar YANGON – The United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) has expanded distributions of emergency food supplies to thousands of people displaced by inter-communal violence in Myanmar’s Northern Rakhine State. In a remote region, short of basic infrastructure, WFP moved early to reach those affected and will scale up operations further in the coming days. Hunger in the news Journalists Myanmar Asia Tue, 19 Jun 2012 09:30:57 +0000 WFP 262144 at http://www.wfp.org http://www.wfp.org/content/myanmar-rice-harvests-lost-kachin-conflict-zones The annual harvest season in Myanmar's northern Kachin State has come and gone but much of the rice crop has not been harvested or was never planted after fighting between government forces and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) erupted on 9 June 2011 after a 17-year ceasefire was broken. (..) But getting into the most-affected areas will only be the first step, Marcus Prior, spokesman for World Food Programme (WFP) Asia, told IRIN on 5 January. (..) "Our operations across the country are facing significant shortfalls - right now WFP only has funds to guarantee food deliveries into February." Hunger in the news Myanmar hunger in the news Asia IRIN Mon, 09 Jan 2012 09:15:36 +0000 WFP 155052 at http://www.wfp.org