22/ May/ 2018
U Maung Kyaw Win, 57, is a community volunteer supporting the Myanmar Red Cross Society in Min Hla, a fishing village a few kilometres up-river from Sittwe, Rakhine State.U Maun Kyaw Win supported distribution and training for Red Cross livelihoods cash grants, part of programme helping communities affected by flooding, violence and population movement in Rakhine.
“As a community volunteer I am the connection between the Red Cross and the people here in the village.” “The support from the Red Cross was very effective and good for the people here. The people who fish bought more nets – some people who only had one net now have three, they can catch three times as many fish as before and they have tripled their daily income.”
“The people who invested in fishing and weaving, their earnings have definitely gone up.”
“Now they can afford to cover their basic needs. They can have all their meals each day, and can afford to have meat when they want it. People can also use the money to cover medical bills when they need to, and to send their children to school. The livelihoods support has had an impact across people’s whole lives.”
