Swanyee is implementing livelihoods projects in Delta region and will continue the livelihoods and food security activities in Dry Zone, Southern Shan State and Southern Rakhine State. Swanyee is one of the members of the Thadar consortium and MERN, and implementing its activities cooperation and coordination with consortium members.
Livelihoods activities are being implementing as an integral component of other programs, with a stronger emphasis on food insecurity, income generating, CMC and so on.
Swanyee emphasizes to increase availability and access to improve livelihoods opportunities among the most vulnerable population, and to improve social and policy environment for enhancing livelihood opportunities and capacities of poor communities, through empowering the communities for best practices concerned with food security and livelihoods.
Most of the families in Myanmar rely heavily on agriculture and forestry products as primary sources of food supply and livelihoods. Swanyee aims to increase food production through higher rice yields, growing vegetables and fruit trees and livelihood projects where livestock are raised.
Swanyee is focusing the extension of proven sustainable Agriculture Technologies for dry land crop production and cash crop for income generation for poor farmers. Provision of Agriculture inputs to poor and energetic farmers who are interesting in village development activities is also one of the idea that support sustainable livelihoods of poor farmers. Swanyee provides kits of livestock to most vulnerable and land less, women headed groups through revolving funds and livestock Banking system. Home Gardening with seasonal crops and perennial crops. Agriculture and forest based Agro-forestation is emphasized to improve food security as well as biodiversity conservation.
We are dealing with capacity development activities through vocational, technical and managerial concerned trainings for livelihoods improvement to the farmers and land less, and also dealing with CMC (community management credit) activities for the income generation.
Sector |
Project Name |
Activities |
Location |
Beneficiaries |
LIFT |
Sustainable Project |
386 households were provided with Shelters as livelihood generator |
19 villages in Laputta and Bogalay Township |
1950 individuals |
Civil society Led Livelihood Recovery and Development in Nargis Affected Area |
Cash Grant and CMC Activities were implemented to have assets for improving the livelihoods and food security status |
3 villages in Laputta Township |
253 familes |
|
Agricultural Infrastructure Rehabilitation Project |
Repaired embankment to improve the livelihoods of the farmers |
7 villages in Pauk Taw Township in Rakhine |
5250 individuals |
|
Community base in Income Generation Activities in Giri Effective area |
Embarkment Reparing ( Cash for work) |
3 villages in Myebon Township in Rakhine |
2670 individuals |
|
Assistance to Cyclone affected communities |
Embarkment Reparing ( Cash for work) |
2 villages in Myebon Township in Rakhine |
1155 individuals |
|
The Civil Society Community based Livelihood Resources Development in the Dryzone |
Capacity Building, Agricultural activities,livestock,Agri water,vocational training,Revolving Fund |
5 villages in Aung Lan Township |
3500 individuals |
|
Building Local Capacities for Livelihoods Systems Approaches in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta |
Agriculture, livestock, vocational training and social protection |
3 villages in Bogalay Township |
2100 individuals |
|
Food insecurity prevention in the Dry Zone of Myanmar through agriculture production and backyard gardening |
Agricultural activities demostration plot,Training, Agri inputs, Home garden |
50 villages in Meikhtila and Thazi Township |
2510 families |
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