Myanmar: So that everyone in the village has enough to eat
Millions of people in Myanmar are starving. The civil war is putting the brakes on agriculture, devastating swathes of land and destroying harvests.
Your donation strengthens self-sufficient agriculture so that everyone in the village has enough to eat.
- Asia
Earthquake emergency aid
In March 2025, a severe earthquake struck Myanmar and Thailand, killing thousands of people. Many people lost their homes, their belongings or loved ones. Our partner organisations are on the ground in Myanmar and are helping wherever they can.
You too can help and donate to the earthquake victims in Myanmar!
Change in people's minds
For years, farmers grew hybrid maize and sugar cane for export. This source of income has now come to an end - and these products are not filling. Metta motivates the villagers to realise their strength and, above all, their years of experience and to use it for their own families.
Learning together
In a training centre, they are now tinkering, trying out, testing, exchanging ideas and, above all, learning: all with the aim of having something to eat tomorrow. The focus is on the idea of growing rice, mustard, potatoes, peppers, cucumbers, pumpkins and other vegetables for their own use.
The sustainable use of resources such as forests and water is also on the programme, and people know that they can only work together successfully if they take the consequences of climate change into account. As extreme weather conditions are increasingly affecting the farming community, the consequences of climate change need to be taken into account.
Own seeds create independence
The key here is the right seed. Local, traditional seeds can withstand the challenges of climate change. This knowledge was suppressed and forgotten. People are now realising the value of local seeds and their traditional practices. With success: families are beginning to produce their own seeds and exchange them with each other.
Prospects of staying
Working together and achieving success strengthens the sense of community and gives young people in particular a perspective who would otherwise be recruited by the military or leave their families due to hopelessness to seek their fortune elsewhere. This is the only way Myanmar has a chance of a future.
This is what our joint success looks like
- 3,100 people have access to drinking and process water.
- 30 villages have drawn up a community management plan for forests and natural resources.
- The best examples of self-sufficient, ecological food production are documented in writing and passed on in workshops.
- The communities receive material support, for example in setting up tree nurseries or other facilities or storage facilities for seeds or compost.
- There are exchanges of experience and learning sessions between the communities and young farmers. The Metta team accompanies them in this process.
Sometimes we receive more donations for a project than was granted to the legal holder of the respective project. The projects listed here are examples of the work Misereor supports all over the world. If donations for a project exceed the amount granted to its legal holder, we allocate the surplus to other projects with a similar concept.
Our local partner organisations
Partner organisation in Myanmar
The Misereor partner organisation in Myanmar has been involved in community development since 1998. It works with participatory approaches that focus on the needs, resources and potential of village communities. The state-recognised organisation has been a reliable partner for Misereor for many years.
Miriam Thiel
Donor Communications
- Telephone
- +49 241 442506
- miriam.thiel@misereor.de
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