Myanmar Civil War and Rohingya Crisis
Recent Developments
01By end-June 2026, nearly 3.8 million people were internally displaced in Myanmar, up by 154,400 since the end of 2025.
02OCHA reported in March 2026 that more than 3.6 million people were displaced nationwide, with around half in northwestern Myanmar.
03UN reporting in August and September 2026 said Rohingya in Myanmar and the region face worsening insecurity, abuses, and reduced protection space, with blocked humanitarian access in central Rakhine.
04UNHCR’s Myanmar situation data continued to describe millions of internally displaced people and refugees in neighboring countries, including large Rohingya refugee populations in Bangladesh.
Interventions
- UNICEF humanitarian response in Myanmar, targeting food, health, protection, education, and other emergency assistance for 2026.
- OCHA-coordinated humanitarian operations in Myanmar focused on life-saving assistance for high-priority needs in conflict-affected areas.
- UNHCR regional protection and assistance efforts for refugees and asylum seekers from Myanmar, including Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh and others in neighboring countries.
What Works
- Humanitarian access plus sustained relief delivery in conflict-affected areas helps reduce acute deprivation and displacement harms, as reflected in UN emergency response planning and operations.
- Protection-focused assistance for Rohingya refugees and internally displaced people remains essential, especially where conflict and blockades prevent safe return or durable solutions.
How to Help
- Donate to UN agencies and humanitarian organizations providing food, shelter, health care, and protection in Myanmar and for Rohingya refugees.
- Support reputable NGOs working in Bangladesh, Myanmar, and neighboring countries on refugee assistance and emergency relief.
- Advocate for sustained humanitarian access, civilian protection, and funding for displacement and refugee response.
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Addresses the DRC emergency as one of the world’s most complex humanitarian crises by focusing on protection and assistance for displaced people and refugees. Its emergency response is aimed at people uprooted by conflict in eastern DRC and those fleeing across borders, with activities centered on protection, emergency support, and refugee assistance.
Save the Children’s strategy is built around reaching children early, at scale, and through integrated services. In health, education, protection, and emergency response, it combines direct service delivery with community engagement, local partnerships, and advocacy to address both immediate needs and the structural causes that keep children from surviving and thriving.[1][2][9] A distinctive feature of its model is that it aims to “reach every last child,” including children in rural areas, conflict zones, and displaced communities, by adapting programs to local contexts and working through governments, service providers, parents, and communities. Rather than treating sectors separately, it often bundles interventions—for example linking education with health, nutrition, water and sanitation, and social-emotional support—to improve outcomes and resilience over time.[2][3][9] In emergencies, Save the Children uses a rapid-response, stay-for-recovery approach: it is among the first responders and remains after the initial crisis to support learning continuity, child protection, and family recovery.[2][3] In health and education, it emphasizes evidence-based methods such as behavior change campaigns, foundational literacy and numeracy programs, and community ownership to improve uptake and sustainability.[5][9]
NRC addresses the drought crisis in Somalia by advocating for urgent humanitarian funding and delivering field-level assistance to displaced and vulnerable households. Its response typically includes emergency shelter, water, sanitation, cash assistance, and support for people forced from their homes by drought-driven displacement, while also pushing donors to fund underfinanced response plans.
WFP addresses the Myanmar emergency by delivering life-saving food and cash assistance, plus school meals, nutrition support for mothers and young children, and community resilience initiatives. This targets acute food insecurity while also supporting vulnerable households and longer-term coping capacity.
