Myanmar relief camps receive last World Food Programme aid as cuts begin

Myanmar, four years into the military dictatorship

By: George Shwe Zin, Peak Associate Content warning: Mentions of murder, massacres, conflict, and brief mention of mutilation. It was the last day of January, coup rumours from the previous days were dying down and I went to bed, hoping for a normal school day the next morning — as normal as the pandemic’s online classes allowed, of course. Maybe I should have savoured that night more.  As the sun rose upon Myanmar’s capital city, armoured vehic…

Myanmar relief camps receive last World Food Programme aid as cuts begin

“The people in the camp are depressed and are having trouble sleeping,” said an organiser helping displaced people in Kachin State, adding, “Without food and supplies, we are going to starve.”