CAD is implementing education project in Gangaw township which is located in Magway region. Gangaw township is subject to clashes between the military and armed resistance: Magway is contested as a corridor to Chin, while Sagaing is targeted by the military due to the high presence of resistance and for access to north Chin. Both regions see raids and clashes, extrajudicial killings, arbitrary arrests, arson and property destruction.

Thousands of people are thus displaced, with a fluid situation in terms of type and duration of displacements: at least 53.000 IDPs were reported in Magway and at least 72.970 in Sagaing.

These types of displacement were identified:

• People displaced for a short time (1-7 days), often near their homes to permit the self-monitoring of abandoned assets and allow for rapid moves during raids.
• People displaced for medium (2-3 weeks) and longer-term (>3 weeks): some living in relatives/friends’ or rented homes in other locations.
• People living longer-term in makeshift camps, in their own/relatives’ farms or in the jungle.
• The population of the area reports to be suffering from:  feeling of insecurity, logistical constraints, high cost of living, poor or lack of health services, interruption of education.

Most of the income generating activities of rural areas are being challenged. As a consequence, families report significant income decrease, facing forms of food insecurity and adopting negative coping strategies.

In most of the villages, houses destroyed or partially destroyed by arson are reported, in the order of some units per village.