Impact Stories

Voices of Trust: Shamjida, a Rohingya refugee from Myanmar, holds her baby in her arms while sitting in her shelter in Kutupalong Refugee Camp, Bangladesh, with her husband and young daughter. Shamjida opted to vaccinate her child against ten dangerous diseases through an immunization project supported by Community Partners International.

Voices of Trust: How Rohingya Volunteers are Changing Minds on Vaccination

Rumors and misinformation fuel vaccine hesitancy among Rohingya refugees from Myanmar sheltering in Bangladesh. However, Rohingya community immunization volunteers use education and encouragement to t ...

A woman carries a sack on her head as part of flood relief supplies provided by CPI in the aftermath of Typhoon Yagi in central Myanmar in September 2024.

Typhoon Yagi: CPI Flood Relief Reaches 190,000+ People in Myanmar

On September 9, 2024, Typhoon Yagi struck Myanmar, affecting nearly 1,000,000 people across 70 townships. More than 300 people died, more than 300,000 were displaced, and flooding damaged and destroye ...

Making NCD Care Affordable: “It got so bad I had to have my leg amputated.”

Despite high mortality rates, non-communicable diseases like diabetes, hypertension, and cardiovascular disease are often neglected in Myanmar due to low levels of public awareness and concerns about ...

The Silent Epidemic: Combating Hepatitis B in Myanmar

One year after her mother died of liver cancer, Ma Myint went for a hepatitis B test at a clinic in Yangon, Myanmar, supported by Community Partners International (CPI). The test came back positive. ...

Water Worries: “As soon as we wake up, we think about how we will get water.”

In Htoke Kaw Koe Village in Karen State, Myanmar, the wells traditionally used for water supply are drying up ...

Food Insecurity in Myanmar: “We prioritize food for our children because their nutrition is crucial.”

We visit a project supported by CPI in Karen State that is helping families grow food to support their nutrition and livelihoods and increase resilience in uncertain times ...