Published
Tuesday, October 05, 2021
More than 76,000 children forced to flee their homes – Save the Children
Children look from a learning facility in the Nhkawng Pa Internally Displaced People (IDP) camp, Kachin State, Myanmar, 19 September 2012. Photo: EPA
More than 76,000 children in Myanmar have been forced to flee their homes since the coup, Save the Children said in a statement.
Most of the displaced children are living outside in the jungle, with nothing but tarpaulins held up with bamboo sticks to protect them from the torrential monsoon rain.
Many families do not have adequate food supplies and are sharing just one meal between them per day, Save the Children said.
Since the coup, 206,000 people have been displaced across the country.
In Kayah State in southeastern Myanmar, around 22,000 people fled their homes in September alone, according to the UN.
More than 79,000 people – including around 29,000 children – are currently displaced in the state.
