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Burma
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482-002
USAID PROGRAM: Burma
PROGRAM TITLE: Promote Democracy and Aid Burmese Refugees (Pillar: Democracy, Conflict, and Humanitarian Assistance)
STRATEGIC OBJECTIVE AND NUMBER: Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance, 482-002
STATUS: Continuing
PLANNED FY 2002 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $6,500,000 ESF
UNOBLIGATED PRIOR YEAR FUNDS: $2,592,000 ESF, $2,000,000 CSD
PROPOSED FY 2003 OBLIGATION AND FUNDING SOURCE: $6,500,000 ESF
INITIAL OBLIGATION: FY 1996 ESTIMATED COMPLETION DATE: FY 2003Summary: USAID's program of democracy and humanitarian assistance includes-
- Training and advocacy for a transition to a democratic government in Burma;
- Humanitarian assistance to refugees living along the Thai-Burma border to improve access to primary healthcare;
- Humanitarian activities to help maintain nutrition and food security of the refugee population; and
- Humanitarian activities to improve the quality of education being provided to refugee children.
Inputs, Outputs, and Activities: FY 2002 Program: USAID's program will support activities that provide humanitarian assistance to Burmese refugees and for pro-democracy activities. The State Department's program provides grants to organizations that support Burmese pro-democracy efforts. USAID programmed funds will finance activities that assist Burmese refugees, internally displaced people, and pro-democracy groups. To date, these program activities have supported training and advocacy for a transition to a democratic government in Burma as well as humanitarian assistance to refugees living along the Thai-Burma border. Humanitarian activities have improved the access to primary healthcare, helped maintain nutrition and food security of the refugee population, and improved the quality of education being provided to refugee children.
Planned FY 2003 Program: USAID and the Department of State continue to evaluate opportunities to strengthen the capacity of nongovernmental Burmese organizations and persons that will play a key role in any transition to a more democratic government. In FY 2003, USAID and the Department of State plan to provide greater training opportunities for Burmese both inside and outside of Burma in key disciplines such as economics, finance, political science and government, and law. In addition, USAID anticipates shifting some effort to address the humanitarian needs of the growing population of Burmese refugees that live outside officially designated camps in Thailand.
SUBMISSION OF THIS PROGRAM DATA SHEET CONSTITUTES FORMAL RENOTIFICATION OF USAID'S INTENT TO OBLIGATE FY 2002 RESOURCES FOR THE ACTIVITIES DESCRIBED ABOVE. Performance and Results: As a result of USAID activities, the Open Society Institute reports that by the end of June 2001, 275 grants for scholarships, which supplement higher education costs (average grant is about $500) were awarded to Burmese students worldwide. The grants are used to obtain undergraduate, masters, and Ph.D. degrees. Internews reports that the SHAN (Burmese newspaper) increased its circulation by 500 a month (or by 25%) using a savings measure that Internews recommended. Now they not only have a cleaner, neater layout but also are publishing and distributing 500 extra copies per month. The International Rescue Committee reports between December 2000 and May 2001 almost 100% of the approximately 16,000 Karenni refugees in camps near Mae Hong Son were immunized for diptheria, tetanus, pertussis (whooping cough), measles, mumps, rubella, tuberculosis, and polio. World Education reports that in addition to its continuing efforts to strengthen the quality of the primary school curriculum and teaching capabilities, it also trained 55 teachers in special education. This enables the refugee schools to begin to address the special learning needs of deaf and blind children, children afflicted with cerebral palsy, and others.
Principal Contractors, Grantees, or Agencies: Key USAID partners include the International Rescue Committee, World Education, the Open Society Institute, and Internews. Department of State partners include World Vision, National Endowment for Democracy, and Project Burma.
US Financing in Thousands of Dollars
482-002 Democracy and Humanitarian Assistance CSD DA ESF Through September 30, 2000 Obligations 4,460 3,040 10,270 Expenditures 1,905 823 6,800 Unliquidated 2,555 2,217 3,470 Fiscal Year 2001 Obligations 0 993 900 Expenditures 1,691 2,226 3,740 Through September 30, 2001 Obligations 4,460 4,033 11,170 Expenditures 3,596 3,049 10,540 Unliquidated 864 984 630 Prior Year Unobligated Funds Obligations 2,000 0 2,592 Planned Fiscal Year 2002 NOA Obligations 0 0 6,500 Total Planned Fiscal Year 2002 Obligations 2,000 0 9,092 Proposed Fiscal Year 2003 NOA Obligations 0 0 6,500 Future Obligations 0 0 0 Est. Total Cost 6,460 4,033 26,762
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