Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Paletwa and Sami in southern Chin State may face difficulty in the rainy reason, if the IDPs camps cannot be repaired in time according to the CSOs.

The IDP camps in Sami of Paletwa Township are in urgent of repair as the makeshift camps built with bamboo decay. Every month, the WFP provides them only with rice, edible oil and salt. But health care is weak,” said U Zaw Li Aung, Director of the Peoples Hope which is closely providing assistance to the IDPs.

There are five IDP camps in Sami Township, where around 3,000 populations from over 800 households have taken shelter.

U Zar Ni, from a CSO in Paletwa Township, said: “The IDPs in Paletwa may face difficulty in the rainy season as their bamboo houses are damaged. The houses were built with bamboo last year. The roofs are CI sheets. We need to repair houses if the IDPs are unable to go home.

“We are unable to provide aid to the IDPs as there are no donors and funds. The major difficulty of the IDPs is to buy foods and firewood.” U Zar Ni added.

There are ten IDP camps in downtown Paletwa Township, where around 5,000 populations from over 1,000 households are taking shelter.

The roofs of nearly 400 IDP houses in Paletwa Township were blown off by strong winds on the evening of April 4th.

The IDPs in Paletwa Township no longer get assistance from the State Administration Council since the army took the country’s power on 1st February.

Due to the current political situation, the INGOs also are unable to provide regular assistance to the IDPs before.

Thousands of locals have been taking shelter at the IDP camps in downtown Paletwa and Sami due to the intense fights between the army and the Arakan Army (AA) since early 2020.