A World of Mud and Crabs

4 November - Coming by boat into Swe Zone today, it is hard to imagine that it was once a thriving community. The village of 250 people in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady delta was almost more..

Jump-Starting Livelihoods in a Cyclone-Hit Village

17 September - “We used to get a good price for our fish in the local market,” says U Thin Nu, the 44-year old leader of Mya Yar Kone village, a community of almost 300 people in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady more..

Cyclone-Hit Myanmar is First Field Visit for New Regional Director

22 July - Tha Pyay Kone is only just beginning to recover. Cyclone Nargis hit the small community in Myanmar’s Ayeyarwady delta early on 3 May, more..

Friday Baby; UNDP shelters new life after Cyclone Nargis

Bogale, 21 June — U Thuzayta, head of the Zay Yar Boan Myint Monastery in Bogale, announced with a calm and clear voice that the baby girl born on Friday more..

Helping a village help itself; UNDP links relief and recovery

16 June, Bogale, Myanmar — It takes two hours by a diesel-powered boat to reach Shwe Pyi Aye Village from Bogale Township, one of the five townships most severely hit by more..

UNDP doctor treats one village at a time

10 June, Bogale, Myanmar — Every morning since Cyclone Nargis made landfall, Dr. Ye Lwin has been getting up at five o’clock. After morning prayers, he starts seeing patients who travelled a long way more..

UNDP's immediate assistance reaches more than 100,000 cyclone survivors

6 June, Yangon — Four weeks since the cyclone, the United Nations Development Programme has successfully helped deliver emergency assistance to more than 100,000 survivors in the cyclone-hit delta region more..

U.A.E.'s gift enables rapid delivery of critical assistance to Myanmar cyclone survivors

Yangon, 29 May - A United Arab Emirates charity foundation agreed to boost the United Nations Development Programme's immediate assistance efforts for the cyclone survivors in Myanmar with a gift of USD1 million. more..

Cyclone pledging conference opens doors for UNDP early recovery plans

Yangon, 28 May — As the United Nations and donor countries pressed for continued support from the Government at a pledging conference on Sunday, UNDP pushed forward with its early recovery planning activities more..

UNDP partnerships have an immediate effect of cyclone victims

23 May -- Cash for Work programs are underway in the rice growing area of Kyaiklat in the Ayeyarwady delta, less than three weeks since devastating Cyclone Nargis destroyed much of the land in the lead up to the 2008 planting season more..

Cyclone affected farmers race against time for monsoon planting season

21 May -- Timely assistance is needed to help Myanmar’s devastated agricultural sector which was hard hit by Cyclone Nargis early this month.more..

Access to remote villages in the delta improves

18 May – The clock is ticking for survivors of cyclone Nargis, which hit Myanmar more than two weeks ago. A second bought of heavy rain has not hampered UNDP’s efforts to deliver relief items to affected communities, in cooperation more..

Food, shelter and medical supplies are top of the list for cyclone survivors

15 May – While a second storm looms over Myanmar’s cyclone ravaged Ayeyarwady Delta, there remains a critical need for food, shelter, medical supplies and water in many of the area’s 1700 villages more..

UNDP boosts resources and assistance in Myanmar

12 May – UNDP is mobilizing its resources across Myanmar to support UN relief and assessment efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Personnel, vehicles and motor boats from other project sites are being utilized in the Ayeyarwady Delta more..