Kachin: IDPs face uncertain future

Myanmar/Burma is slowly engaging in political and economic reforms, but decade-old conflicts still bring suffering to tens of thousands. In Kachin State, over 115 000 people have been uprooted since the fighting erupted in 2011. In January, a team from the European Commission's Humanitarian Aid and Civil Protection ECHO was able to travel to several displacement camps in the area. Christophe Reltien, Head of the Yangon Office, explains our work to provide shelter, food security, health services and basic household items to the most vulnerable. Increased and unhindered humanitarian access to all those in need is urgently required.