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180 Homeless After Fire Ravishes Jeyang IDP Camp

180 Homeless After Fire Ravishes Jeyang IDP Camp

Families desperately need aid after a fire destroyed many homes in the largest displaced camp in the Kachin Independence Organisation's (KIO) area of Kachin State. “We have been living in this camp for over 10

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Civilians Displaced In Waingmaw Return Home

Civilians Displaced In Waingmaw Return Home

Nearly 300 families displaced by early fighting in Kachin State between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA) have returned to their homes in Waingmaw Township. A returnee, who requested anonymity, told KNG that

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Skin Disease Affects Children In Tanai IDP Camp

Skin Disease Affects Children In Tanai IDP Camp

Some children living in a camp for internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp are suffering from an itchy rash that's spreading to other kids in the camp and the nearby village. Already 11 children have fallen

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Myitkyina University Students Union Developing Fundraising App

Myitkyina University Students Union Developing Fundraising App

The Myitkyina University Students' Union is developing a money transfer app to raise funds for internally displaced people (IDP) affected by the war, for government employees who've become unemployed after participating in the civil disobedience

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Displaced Villagers Want MNDAA To Leave Kutkai Camp

Displaced Villagers Want MNDAA To Leave Kutkai Camp

Myanmar National Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA) soldiers have shouted at and threatened villagers after they asked them to leave their camp for displaced people in Burma's restive northern Shan State. Since early in the year,

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Putao IDP: We’ve Lost Hope For Our Future

Putao IDP: We’ve Lost Hope For Our Future

KNG spoke to one of the 5,000 civilians forced to flee recent fighting between the military and the Kachin Independence Army (KIA), backed by a People's Defence Force (PDF), in Putao Township, where many people

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Regime Meets Kachin Religious Leaders In Naypyitaw

Regime Meets Kachin Religious Leaders In Naypyitaw

Military officials met with Kachin religious leaders in Naypyitaw and resumed long-delayed talks on the return of internally displaced persons (IDPs), although thousands of villagers continue to be forced from their homes by post-coup attacks.

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IDPs Return To Homes in Kachin State

IDPs Return To Homes in Kachin State

Civilians displaced by fighting in Kachin State have returned home because they do not have enough food in the internally displaced persons (IDPs) camps after the military council locked down the country because of the

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Residents of ‘Locked Down’ Camp in Kachin State Facing Food Insecurity

Residents of ‘Locked Down’ Camp in Kachin State Facing Food Insecurity

Residents of the largest internally displaced persons (IDPs) camp in government-controlled Kachin State need food support after authorities locked it down following a COVID-19 outbreak. Two residents tested positive on July 24. The next day

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Villagers in Remote IDP Camp in Kachin State Need Clean Drinking Water, KBHWT Says

Villagers in Remote IDP Camp in Kachin State Need Clean Drinking Water, KBHWT Says

KNG talked with Mr Zet, head of the Kachin Backpack Health Worker Team (KBHWT), to learn about how his organisation is helping villagers living in the Bumra Yang internally displaced persons (IDP) camp. In March,