A humanitarian worker crosses a bridge on a motorcycle while traveling to deliver assistance to conflict-affected communities in Karen (Kayin) State, Myanmar. (CPI)
Amid flooding and conflict in southeastern Myanmar, we talk to humanitarian workers supported by Community Partners International (CPI), who ensure that essential services reach communities in urgent need.
WASH worker Abdu ensures that Rohingya refugees and Bangladeshi communities can access safe drinking water in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangaldesh. (Md. Dipu/CPI)
As World Humanitarian Day approaches, we hear from Rohingya and Bangladeshi humanitarian workers, supported by Community Partners International (CPI), providing essential services to refugees and local communities in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh.
A health worker uses a Pinard stethoscope to listen to Daw Zar Zar's baby's heartbeat at the YMCA's Yay Sin clinic in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar. (Lwin Phyu Phyu Kyaw/CPI)
The Young Men’s Christian Association (YMCA) in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, provides free health care services to around 10,000 people with Community Partners International (CPI)’s support. They have diversified into organic farming, livestock rearing, and food products to help fund their health care activities and provide better nutrition to the communities they serve.
A pharmacist talks to a patient at Nae Thit Kyan Mar's clinic in Dagon Seikkan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. (Lwin Phyu Phyu Kyaw/CPI)
Against the backdrop of conflict, political turmoil, and economic crisis in Myanmar, a social enterprise supported by Community Partners International (CPI) is piloting a new approach to health care, bringing sustainable, affordable, high-quality primary health services within reach of low-income households.
A Rohingya traditional birth attendant (right) with a mother and child in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Md. Dipu/CPI)
In 2021, Community Partners International (CPI) began working with Rohingya traditional birth attendants in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, to encourage pregnant refugee women to give birth safely in health facilities. The results are astonishing.
Chae (left) brings her son (center) to be checked for malnutrition at a YSDA clinic in Bago Region, Myanmar. (YSDA/CPI)
Children are suffering as conflict engulfs Myanmar (Burma). Chae, 33, whose youngest child is acutely malnourished, tells of the struggle to keep her children healthy.
Naznin (left) and Sweety (center) visit a woman in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, to provide hygiene supplies. (Md. Dipu/CPI)
Around the world, displaced women and girls face challenges accessing good menstrual hygiene. To mark World Menstrual Hygiene Day, we speak to Sweety and Naznin, about their work to help Rohingya refugee women and girls in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, access hygiene and sanitation during menstruation.
A Foodpanda rider wears a TB awareness shirt while collecting a delivery from a restaurant in Yangon, Myanmar, in March 2023. (CPI)
As Foodpanda riders weave through the streets of Yangon, Myanmar, they’re not just bringing noodles, bubble tea, and other tasty food and drinks to their customers. They’re also delivering important messages about diagnosing and treating tuberculosis (TB). Since World TB Day (March 24), more than 1,000 Foodpanda riders across the city have been wearing special shirts with the message, "If you've been coughing for two weeks or more, test for TB at your nearest clinic", emblazoned on the back in Burmese.
A MAM health worker (left) counsels a patient about TB medication in the Naga Self-Administered Zone, Myanmar. (MAM/CPI)
Tuberculosis (TB) remains a significant challenge to public health in Myanmar (Burma). On World TB Day, we talk to TB patients and health workers in remote communities of the Naga Self-Administered Zone to discover how USAID’s HIV/TB Agency, Information and Services Activity, led by Community Partners International, is helping to ensure access to testing and treatment.
Hasina (left) helps her young son drink safe water provided by the water network in Camp 4, Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Cox's Bazar, Bangladesh. (Md. Dipu/CPI)
For Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh, finding enough safe water to meet their daily needs can be difficult and exhausting. A new water network, built with Community Partners International's support, provides 800 Rohingya refugees with easy access to a reliable, safe water supply for their essential drinking, washing, and cooking needs.
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