Yangon is one of the most vulnerable cities worldwide to climate change, suffering from widespread flooding during the monsoon while experiencing severe water shortages in the dry season.
Starting in 2019, through a joint initiative of local and international partners, the Yangon Htee City program (“htee” meaning “umbrella” in Burmese) has been promoting local communities to get actively involved in making their neighborhoods more climate resilient as the Thaketa Climate Adaptation Pilot Project which takes place in Ward 5 of Thaketa, a township in the city of Yangon (Myanmar).
Focusing on small-scale, practical measures and developing as an innovative community-driven stakeholder participation process for designing and implementing different types of climate adaptation interventions., such as rainwater harvesting, drainage improvements, awareness and education programs, water quality monitoring, mobile apps and household water filters, local residents feel more empowered to strengthen the resilience of their families and communities.
Facing the combined impact of Covid and a severe political crisis during 2020-21, the Yangon Htee City program had to find new, innovative ways of engaging with communities. One of these is the partnership with UN-Habitat and Block by Block Foundation to use Minecraft as a tool for visualisation and collaboration. Under this innovative program, the Yangon Raincraft program was launched in July 2021, allowing local residents to learn from local and international experts about water and climate adaptation interventions, while giving them the chance to develop and visualise their own ideas and solutions for clean and safe water in their virtual neighbourhoods (modelled true-to-life in Minecraft!).
The Water Agency facilitated the project coordination and stakeholder engagement; and supported the implementation process alongside local project partners: Doh Eain, Water Bridge Myanmar, and international project partners: Infram, Resilience, World Waternet, Witteveen+Bos, and U.Minds.
Social inclusion is utterly important in water climate adaptation. As technical approaches are still dominant in development projects, the locals live in the vicinity are
On 30th of March 2022, Htee City Smart Water App is officially released to the public with the aim of supporting a more Water &
Thaketa Ward – 5 is one of the most water-scarce and flood-prone areas of Yangon which was ultimately chosen after careful deliberation given its strong
In early April, The Water Agency team visited the Thaketa Ward 5 in Yangon, Myanmar to bring the water security collaboration tools to the community.
The city of Yangon is one of the most vulnerable cities worldwide to climate change, suffering from widespread flooding during the monsoon while experiencing severe
As part of the Thaketa Climate Adaptation Pilot Project, mid-point review surveying throughout the Thaketa ward-5 community was carried out to asset the level of
The Thaketa Climate Adaptation Pilot Project takes place in Ward 5 of Thaketa, a township in the city of Yangon (Myanmar). In the pilot project,
Thaketa Climate Adaptation Project The pilot project takes places in Ward 5 of Thaketa, a township in the city of Yangon. Yangon is a major
On November 24, 2020, update call of Thaketa Climate Adaptation for Water Security Pilot Project was done with local government, Yangon City Development Committee by
Htee City is a program dedicated to the future of Yangon as a city in which all people work together to adapt to a changing
As part of the Thaketa Climate Adaptation Pilot Project and in terms of making Thaketa Ward-5 to be more flood resilient, a four-day drainage level
The workshop, which is one of the roadmap activities of Partners for International Businesses (PIB) for Urban Water and Water Logistics, was held at Yangon
A strong coalition of Dutch companies and organisations has signed an agreement to jointly invest and collaborate in a comprehensive 3-year program to support the
Since October last year the PIB UWLY Coalition – Partners in Business for Urban Water Logistics for a Greater Yangon – has been working on
From June 10-14, 2019, a workshop ‘Scoping the interventions for Thaketa township’ was organized in Yangon as part of the Urban Water track of the
Since October 2018 a coalition of Dutch water organisations is working together in the ‘Urban Water Logistics for a Greater Yangon’ (UWLY) program to support
To strengthen the ongoing water collaboration between Myanmar and The Netherlands, The Water Agency and the Netherlands Water Partnership organized a visit to Rotterdam, The
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