Evaluering
Sowing a Healthy Future: Supporting Women to Strengthen Community Health and Livelihoods in Myanmar End of Project Evaluation
The ‘Sowing a Healthy Future: Supporting Women to Strengthen Community Health and Livelihoods in Myanmar’ project was initiated as a response to the loss of livelihoods in the Kokang region of Myanmar that was the effect of the opium ban in the region. In 2003 the authorities declared Kokang an opium free region and in 2005 the Wa region declared a ban on opium cultivation. This had a devastating effect on local farmers. As their primary income source was suddenly lost, they were unable to buy inputs needed for food production. The land had also become degraded due to the poppy cultivation. The ‘Sowing A Healthy Future’ project aimed to increase food production and family income as well as increase the capacity of women to manage women’s health risks and common illnesses. The project also aimed to increase the communities’ capacity to implement development activities through community asset creation supported by the provision of immediate food assistance through FFW (food for work), and active participation and management of project activities.