Rural Development & Poverty Reduction Sector

Swanyee is trying to provide a series of attempts to raise the living standard of the rural poor and at the same time to help them to stand on their own feet.
We intend to optimize the realization of a society’s many different social, environmental and economic objectives for sustainable development.
Swanyee Development Foundation is mainly implementing in basic social infrastructure for rural development. As we have mentioned, there are including all sectors. (Example-Education, Religious, Social, Transportation, Disaster Risk Reduction, etc….)
We are implementing counterpart with capacity building according to basic social infrastructure, social networking (especially, forming the CBOs, providing capacity building as they need), connect with marketing, value added. And we are conducting poverty reduction, stimulating and providing the community to participate as they can do by themselves for social development through social network. We mainly aim is enhanced the communities with the socio economic infrastructures and the resilient capacities for disasters, and are developing in a sustainable way by self reliant basis.


Capacity developing for development is a vital component taking place across the spectrum of Swanyee’s work. Since the existence and emergence of vibrant community groups are still very limited in Myanmar, it is essential to help build capacity for them to become the vehicle for positive transformation to take place.
By using the Participatory Action Research (PAR) process, a collective will develop where community leaders emerge, who, with further skills training, are able to transform theory into the practice of development sustainable.
Appropriate training and exchange visits are provided for Swanyee staff and ADCOM members as needed. In addition, when opportunities become available, qualified staff are encouraged to study to other places.


Rural Development and Poverty Reduction is one of the main sectors of work that Swanyee emphasizes to be in line with our mission. Although the donors and partners’ approaches were emphasized in emergency response and some sectors, Swanyee’s Rural development activities represent a series of attempts to raise the living standard of the rural poor and at the same time to help them to stand on their own feet by optimizing the realization of a society’s many different social, environmental and economic objectives.

Sector

Project Name

Activities

Location

Beneficiaries

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Rural Development and Poverty Reduction

Civil society Led Livelihood Recovery and Development in Nargis Affected Area

Jetties were constructed to meet the basic infrastructure for economic and social development

Saluseik village in Laputta Township

750 individuals

Sustainable Project

Environmental Conservation and Biodiversity Conservation to reduce Poverty

5 villages in Bogalay Township

3800 individuals

Sustainable Project

Supporting with the productive assets and inputs such as  livestock and fishing gear to most vulnerable people to reduce poverty in food insecurity

13 villages in Laputta Township

135 families

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing clothes, and utensils

Monastery and Orphanage in Yangon and Bago Division 

 

 

Providing clothes & utensils

17 villages in Bogalay Township

 

1480 individuals

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing clothes, foods and books

Bago Division

1200 students,

847 families

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing books for students

Tedim Township in Chin State

498 students

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing clothes & utensils

IDPs Camps in Waing Maw Township in Kachin State

166 households

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing clothes & utensils

Pakokku Township in Magway Division

200 families

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing clothes, utensils and books

Seik Phyu Township in Magway Division

909 families

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing utensils and books

4 villages in Danu Phyu Township in Ayeyarwaddy Division

1400 individuals

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing books for students

Sarlingyi Township in Magway Division

350 students

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing utensils

 Meikhtila Township in Mandalay Division

2 monasteries

To reduce poverty reduction

Providing foods ( rice & bean)

11 villages in Tharzi Township in Mandalay Division

700 families