Chin State (2024)

Chin State is one of the least developed regions in Myanmar.

• It has the highest poverty rates of all states and regions.
• Close to six in 10 people live below the poverty line.
• A 2015 survey found almost 80 per cent of households had poor or borderline food security.
• One in 10 children will not reach the age of five.

The mountainous terrain in this area and lack of infrastructure hamper service-delivery. In 2020, many of the people of southern Chin State were displaced after being caught up in clashes between the Arakan Army and the Myanmar Armed Forces. Since 1 February 2021 significant new conflict, resulting in the displacement of more people, has flared in Chin State, as elsewhere.

Key results in 2020

• COVID-19: UNICEF and its partners distributed 162,849 items of pandemic information material in nine townships; home-based learning materials were distributed in four townships.
• WASH: 1,047 handwashing basins with 1,220 packs of soap, each containing 12 bars, were provided at 373 locations; 500 individual hygiene kits were provided for those in quarantine centres in eight townships.
• Nutrition: 5,398 boys and girls aged 6–59 months were screened for malnutrition and 176 children were treated for moderate acute malnutrition; 3,429 girls and boys aged 6–59 months received micronutrient supplementation.
• Learning: 2,920 essential learning packages, 20 recreation kits, five school kits, eight school tents and 2,000 roofing sheets were provided for students in the conflict-affected parts of Paletwa. Story books and a teacher's guide for kindergarten were translated into 30 ethnic languages in Chin and 10 languages for the Naga ethnic group.