The effects of the current civil war in the country have made people’s lives more difficult every day. Although the fighting in Rakhine state, especially in the area of Transformational Community Development (TCD) villages, has ceased for about two months, the bad impacts of the war have caused many economic hardships. Against the odds, the Mro Youth Association in the TCD village has made progress by equipping young people to become the leaders of the tribal groups.

The capacity building training was initiated by the youth leaders early June when the community’s known formal education opportunity was no more accessible for the village people as the area was occupied by the armed group and they could not establish governance and administration in the region, yet. The training center benefits more than 30 youth for the first batch. The participants are from various Mro communities in the area who have a big desire for the development of their community. The GHNI team has a consistent connection with the leaders and is working on how we can support the community-initiated training program which gives hope and opportunity for youth in the community.