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Local Advocacy Network Project (LAN)

Duration: Jan 2013 to Dec 2013

Location: Waingmaw and Moegaung Townships

Budget: USD 50,000

Funding Source: Oxfarm HK through Nyein (Shalom) Foundation

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Pyoe learned Advocacy Knowledge and Skills together with community leaders and villagers to develop policy and strategies for community issues and problems in 2 targeted twonships; Waingmaw and Mogaung Townships. Pyoe implemented 2 evidence-based surveys and advocacy for “The impact of increasing number of youths who are using drugs in Waingmaw area” and “The impact of increasing middle school students drop-out rate in Mogaung’’.

Source: Research Papar

Envirometal Conservation Porject and Land Right Education Project

Duration: September 2013 to December 2014
Location: IDP camps from Myitkyina, Waingmaw and LaiZa, Village from Mogaung Twonship
Funding Source: Fauna and Flora International (FFI)

Pyoe provided land rights education trainings, making fuel efficent stove for IDP and villagers in Kachin State. As a result community increased awareness how to protect their lands and reduced fire wood consumptions in community and IDP camps.

Institution Development Project of MAS-LDN

Duration: June 2013 to December 2014
Location: 12 IDP camps in Lai Zar and Waingmaw Townships
Budget: USD 124,354
Funding Source: DAN MISSION and Oxfarm through Nyein (Shalom) Foundation
 
This project was supported by Nyain Foundation with the purpose of Institutional development support for PYOE and to provide emergency responses services for IDP in Kachin state. In this project, Pyoe implemented organization development activities; OD trainnig, Organizational structure, policies, strategies and projects …
In the otherside, Pyoe provided livelihood and income generation activities and supports, awarnes raising on IDP Guiding principles, participatory protection, child protection, durable solution, and empowerment activity for self-help group for (total: 1,500-2,500) beneficairies in targeted IDP camps. Project implemented to 5 IDP camps the Laiza area (population, as of May 2013: 11,216) and in 7 IDP camps in Waimaw area (population, as of May 2013: 4,007).

Gender-responsive development of government policies and strategies in kachin state

Duration: November 2020 to May 2021
Location: 6 resettlement area in Myitkyina, Waingmaw and InJangYan
Budget: MMK 94,986,500
Funding Source: UNWOMEN through Fin Church Aid
 
Gender-responsive development of government policies and strategies in kachin state (November 2020 to May 2021): In partnership with Finn Church Aid (FCA), Pyoe implemented this project targeted to women from 6 project locations in Myitkyina, Moegaung and InjangYang Townships. 225 Vulnerable women and their households provided with financial inputs and other resources. During the project, 5 Women CSOs were selected and provided with financial assistants “Small Grant” for their organization continuity through a consultation with Kachin State Women Network_KSWN. Total 6685 beneficairies (1689 Male and 4996 Female) were directly benefited from delivering outreach activities by 5 Women led CSOs.

“Women and girls who have experienced/ are experiencing GBV or are at risk of GBV benefit from provision of and access to quality services and empowered to increasingly engage in decision making and leadership in GBV response, mitigation and prevention” (CERF) Project

Duration: May 2021 to May 2023
Location: 11 resettlement areas in Myitkyina and Waingmaw
Budget: USD 273,098
Funding Source: UNWOMEN 
Partner: Fin Church Aid

This project contributed to nearly 2,000 targeted women and girls who had experienced GBV or at risk of GBV benefit from provision of and access to quality services and empowered to increasingly engage in decision-making and leadership in GBV response, mitigation, and prevention in Kachin State. Project supported GBV awareness training, small grants for collective women-led micro-livelihood activities, cash for work, unconditional cash distribution for GBV surviours and Livelihood and Agriculture supports …etc

Strengthening CBO and CSO in Kachin State Project

Duration: Jan 2022 to Oct 2022
Location: Myitkyina and Waingmaw
Budget: MMK 3,998,000
Funding Source: Tharthi Myay Foundation and MTUK

Project aimed to build the capacity for Civil Society Organizations and Community Based Organizations in Kachin state to become strengthened organizations that can take the lead in local community development roles. 10 Selected local CBO/CSO from Myitkyina and Waingmaw township were received and supported the capacity building of organizational development (project cycle management and proposal writing training, financial management training and IT security training and small grants) and the Survey Assessment on “the CBO situation during Covid Pandemic and Political Situation” was conducted together with 10 CSOs members that’s reflected CBO/CSO challenges, opportunities and need and expressed voice of community and IDPs.

Empowering Citizen for Civic Engagement Project

Duration: Sep 2015 to May 2016
Location: Myitkyina and Banmaw District
Budget: MMK 4,447,000
Funding Source: USAID through FHI 360
Partner: Alinn Banmaw Local Development Organization

Civic engagement is a key to achieving a powerful community motive to bring people together. Youths and Communities are empowered to be instruments of positive social change as they work to make a difference in the civic life of our communities through civic engagement. To active engagment with civic learning and democratic engagment practice in civil life, Pyoe trained 20 youths to become mobiliziers and facilitated 600 community members from 24 villages in Kachin state to increase civic education knowledge.

Social Accountability Project

Duration: November 2017 to September 2019
Location: Myitkyina and Waingmaw township
Budget: MMK 56,769,750
Funding Source: EU
Partner: Oxfam

Pyoe supports the democratic transition in Myanmar, focusing particularly in promoting Good Governance and Social Accountability, but also by working closely with General Administration Department (GAD),  village/ward administrators and local authorities at township and village tract level. In the localities where we work, Pyoe strengthened people’s platforms and capacity for participation in local governance by conducting trainings, public hearing workshop and practicing social accountabiliy tools, community score card in total 12 wards of Myikyina Township in Kachin State.

  • Photo xxx

  • Community score card

  • Research 1 paper

Strengthening Good Governance and Social Accountability in
Kachin State Project

Duration: March 2020 to March 2021
Location: 10 Villages Tract in Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships
Budget: USD 71,847
Funding Source: USAID
Partner: Development Alternatives Incoporated (DAI)

The project aimed to be enhancing governance practices and fostering social accountability in the Kachin State. The project provided training and capacity-building for local government officers, Ward/Village Track Administrators, civil society organizations, and community leaders. Improving governance practices, project provided citizen engagement activities such as public hearing workshop, public consultations and citizen charter.
Project Objectives
To increase the availability of clear and accurate information on Government Services
To promote Good Governance and Social Accountability through constrivtive engagement between communities and local administration.
Simple Activites

  • Youth Capacity Building on Good Governance and Social Accountability

  • Community Awareness training on Good Governance and Social Accountabilities

  • Government Services Indentification Workshop for Citizen Charter

  • Public Consultation Workshop

  • Learning and Discussion Meeting with Community and Government represntatives

  • Panel Discussion with upcomming Member of Parliament

  • Mini research on “Impact of Military Coup on local governance in Kachin State”

 
Resource: Public hearing Photo, Citizen Charter, Reserch, Training Curriculum, Handbook

Youth Learning Centre

Duration: July 2013
Location: Pyoe Office
Budget: MMK 17,150,000
Funding Source: Child Fund Australia
Partner: Child Fund Myanmar and Nyein (Shalom) Foundation

Youth Learning Center established in 2013 to fill the knowledge gap and to create learning space for the children and youths. Providing Mobile library services for 3778 IDPs children in 22 IDPs camps in Waingmaw, Myitkyina and Non-government-controlled areas (NGCA) in order to create recreation space for Children and Youth IDPs in order to assist them to protect their life and health and to alleviate suffering.

Participatory Child Protection Project

Duration: July 2014 to Jan 2017
Location: Myitkyina, Waingmaw and Mogaung
Budget: 160,407,000
Funding Source: Child Fund Australia
Partner: Child Fund Myanmar

Project goal is to strengthen community-based child protection mechanisms and develop the knowledge, skills, and attitudes of children to be active participants in these processes in kachin state, Mynamar. The project focused on Child Rights Awareness reasing and capacity building for children and communities in 12 targeted villages in Moe Gaung, Wai Maw and Myitkyina townships of Kachin State. Project targeted to children, community volunteers and 9 community-based child protection groups (CBCPGs).
Objectives (Phase 1 and 2)

  • To build capacity so that community-based organizations would emerge that would work for the protection of children and rights related matters.

  • To help the children to know their rights and the capability to advocate by themselves.

  • To strengthen 9 community-based child protection groups (CBCPGs) through the provision of trainings and opportunities to plan and implement child protection initatives.

  • To strengthen the resilience of children and youth by provding opportunities for them to become more self-sufficent, build their self-efficacy and actively participate in their community.

Project Activity

  • Awareness raising and Capacity building on Child Rights and Child Protection and its related knowledges.

  • Establishing and strenthening Child groups (CG) and community-based child protection groups (CBCPGs)

  • Child Development and Child Friendly Space (recreation activites, mobile libraries, ….

  • Strengthening Community Based Child Protection Mechanisms

  • Advocacy and collobration with local Authorities, Key Stakeholders and Township Child Rights Committee (TCRC)

  • Awareness Campaigns and Event; Child Forum, CRC Day Event

  • Child Consultation

 
Source: 2016 Child Forum Video

Durable Peace Program Phase I & II (Child Protection)

Duration: Jan 2016 to Jun 2020
Location: 12 IDP camps and 2 resettlement villages in Myitkyina, Waingmaw and Mogaung
Budget: MMK 132,924,800
Funding Source: Nyein Foundation (Funded by EU-Durable Peace Program)
 
Pyoe provided mobile library activity and psycho-social support/ recreational activities for IDPs children in 3 twonships of Kachin State. Continually, Pyoe involved in the Durable Peace Program; phase I “Psychosocial support Project for IDP children in Kachin State” (Jan 2017 to Jun 2018) and phase II “Strengthening Community Peace and Child Protection Project” (March 2019 to June 2020) for providing psychosocial support, Community Peace and Child Protection activity for 12 IDP camps and 2 resettlement villages.
The project is about the establishment and strengthening the knowledge of peace education, community dialogue, and child rights and child protection, and related knowledge in the targeted IDPs camps and resettlement villages. The major project activities included mobile library services, regular peace building training for children, child rights and protection awareness raising to parents, recreational activities, psychosocial support training and community dialogue sesssion. Over 2500 beneficiaries included children, youths, parents, community memebers and religious leaders were benefited from this project.
 
Assessement Report on ‘child rights situations of IDP children in kachin state”

Community Based Child Rights and Protection Intervention Project
Project Title: Community Based Child Rights and Protection Intervention Project
Duration: Jan 2019 to October 2020
Location: 20 villages in Mogaung and Kamaing Townships
Budget: MMK 308,253,090
Funding Source: HARP-Facility
Throughout the project year, the project effected to children and parent by promoting child rights and child protection, communities’ members. As the objectives, beneficiaries increased knowledge on child rights and child protection by conducting many awareness raising sessions to children and parents and communities-based child protection members are supported to children and strengthened their capacity on child protection and also case management systems. The project had been achieved (6803) beneficiaries, (2342) households by participating the activities throughout the year.  
The children from targeted villages increased knowledge on child rights, child protection, risk mapping, risk and protective areas, drug and peer pressure. Children participated actively in the awareness sessions, facilitated by volunteers. The children who regularly participated the awareness sessions retold their parents about the parents should not beat to their children as well as the parents also changed their manner of beating their children after they learned from the parents' awareness sessions.
Pyoe trained 41 local based volunteers not only in the training but by facilitating the child awareness sessions. They increased capacity to conduct training, confident and responded to child issues by referring. After they got case management training, they increased the knowledge on how and where to report child cases. And they could support case team effectively than before by reporting cases, sometimes take monitored the child guiding by case team.
20 Community based Child Protection groups (CBCPG) had been formed successfully, with the members of village chief leaders, religious leaders, parents, elders, children, youth leaders and teachers. They discussed and increased knowledge on many topics on child protection, case management and referral and other contents that the project intended to conduct. CBCPG also initiated the action points those some risk factors indicated in risk map. They established risk notice board near dangerous areas in the villages, distributed flyer of not for sale drug to children, cleaning bushes that might dangerous to children and others. Even covid-19 pandemic, the CBCPG continued conducting awareness to parents of their neighbours.
Moreover, project team established strong coordination with Enthnic Armed Organization (EAO) and local government, Department of Social Welfare (DSW), Township Child Rights Committee (TCRC), Child Protection Working Group (CPWG) and other child focus organizations.
Pyoe was developed case management services, systems, forms and Standard Operation Procedure (SOP). Total (12) cases were recruitment and use, and among them (9) cases were closed and the children had been released from recruited. Among providing (25) cases supports, psychosocial supports, emergency needs, nutrition supports, legal aid and other supports were provided according to Pyoe's case management SOP.  
Source:
  • End line Survey Report - 1
  • Covid 19 & Child Protection awareness (Audio)-2files
  • Case Management SOP
  • CP Guidebook
  • Child Safeguarding Policy
  • CBCPG TOR
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Strengthening Child Protection Services, Support and Systems in Kachin State
Duration: February 2020 to April 2021
Budget: USD 207,451.7
Location: 15 IDPs Camps and Resettelment villages in Mogaung, Myitkyina and Waingmaw Townships
Funding Source: Myanmar Humanitarian Fund
Partner: World Vision Myanmar
The overall project objective is to improve the protection of children through strengthening community prevention and response to key issues affecting the safety, wellbeing and development of children including through improving access to services, awareness raising, monitoring, reporting.
Project directly provided 8 trainings to strengthen capacity for (30) volunteers, (8) project staffs. In total (Male-291, Female-669, Boys-865, Girls-987) people in community participated during project intervention. Project provided (546) awareness trainings for community, CPAGs and CGs.
Project implemented child protection activity in (15) IDPs camps where did not have CP intervention. This project had formed (15) community-based child protection action group (CPAG) and (15) child group (CG) through child protection awareness activities in (15) IDPs camps to prevent and respond child protection key issues in their community.
Project provided (15) micro grants to CPAGs to implement child protection activities such as awareness session, campaigns, event and to purchase materials for children, to build storehouse for playing materials and to set up electric light for Child Friendly Space (CFS) center. And, project also provided referral pathway awareness vinyl poster in each camp in order to know how community can inform and respond if child case raised in their community.
Communities were increased knowledge on child protection and child rights; know how to reduce violence against children, aware basically how to prevent and respond on child abuse and violations. Children in the target IDPs camps increased better parenting. To create safe environment for children, project provided 5 CFS constructions, 2 CFS renovations and installed playing materials in (15) IDPs camps. Through CFS activities, project supported recreational activity, identified child case and provided case support materials which meet the case management criteria. Project also provided Psycho-social support services for (15) persons through CFS activities. All the cases were regularly monitored, reported and refered, provided direct case support materials for (8) cases during project intervention
  • CPSA report
  • Disability and Gender Needs Assessment
  • CPIPP (Case Protection Incidents Prepareness Plan)
Promoting Youth Leadership and strengthening community resilience Project
Duration: November 2022 to June 2023
Budget: USD 62,857
Location: 30 villages in Myitkyina, MohNyin and Putao Districts
Funding Source: USAID
Partner: Development Alternatives Incoporated (DAI), NamShani Social Development Organization and Htoi San Local Development Organization
The activity seeks to strengthen community knowledge on disaster management and promote youth capacity building through a dialogue approach and participatory way. Pyoe and 2 local partners selected and trained total 30 active youths from target villages to empower capacity in leadership and dialogue facilitation skills and involved in community resilience actions. Trained youths organized community dialogue sessions to raise awareness of disaster management and prepared community-led disaster management plans. 30 targeted communities increased to address problems issues through dialogue and to enhance social cohesion.
By conducing disaster management awareness and dialogue sessions, 900 benificiaries including communities and CSO members increased those knowledges to develop community disaster mangement plan.
Ref source: Community based Dister Management Handbook
Women Civil Society Organization Capacity Development Project
Duration: February 2023 to December 2023
Budget: MMK 17,643,700
Location: Myitkyina and Mogaung Township
Funding Source: UNWOMEN
Partner: Lutheran World Federation (LWF)
According to Pyoe Development Organizational Strategies, Pyoe implemented organizational policies development activities and community development outreach activities for women and youths.  As a result, Pyoe developed Human resource policy and procedure and Pyoe’s website. For outreach activity, total 90 beneficaires from 6 villages were received community development concept inculding poverty, development theory, communication, community participation and community planing.
Ref Source: HR Policy
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