New award for health, wash, nutrition and protection for households affected by violence in rakhine and northern shan states in burma

This $2.5 million Project Grant from the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) supports the delivery of health, water, sanitation, nutrition and protection services to households affected by violence in Rakhine and Northern Shan States in Myanmar through May 31, 2022. Funded under USAID's Foreign Assistance for Programs Overseas (FAPO) program, this award provides humanitarian assistance in alignment with FAPO's goals of supporting global health and conflict prevention.

Save the Children Federation, Inc. serves as the primary awardee, with $2.5 million in funding supporting service delivery through May 2022. An additional $400,000 sub-award to Save the Children International extends follow-on support for complementary services through the same completion date. This place-based funding will help address critical needs for vulnerable communities impacted by conflict in Myanmar.