Humanitarian Observatory Myanmar (HOM) is a community-rooted research initiative working to deepen understanding of humanitarian governance in Myanmar. HOM documents lived experiences, tracks how humanitarian systems function on the ground, and brings local realities into conversations where aid priorities and decisions are shaped.Across Myanmar, people living through crisis hold critical knowledge about emerging risks, unmet needs, and the everyday impacts of humanitarian action—or its absence. Yet these insights rarely reach policy and funding spaces. HOM exists to help close that gap.Rooted in communities and connected to global research networks, HOM ensures that the people closest to crisis are also closer to the decisions that affect them.
Humanitarian action in Myanmar is shaped by distance, access restrictions, and unequal power. Decisions are often made far from the communities they affect. While these constraints are widely recognised and not easily altered, understanding how humanitarian systems operate within them remains essential.HOM approaches this challenge as an independent, third-party research group. We do not intervene operationally or seek to change humanitarian realities. Instead, we observe, document, and analyse humanitarian systems from a community-rooted perspective—amplifying evidence grounded in lived experience to support more informed, reflective, and accountable humanitarian governance.
HOM’s work is organised around in-depth, locally grounded research that strengthens understanding of humanitarian needs and system performance:
Karenni Humanitarian Needs Assessment
A deep exploration of displacement realities, survival strategies, and emerging humanitarian gaps in Karenni State.
Comparative Study of Local Humanitarian Governance in Karenni & Rakhine
A cross-state analysis examining how governance structures shape humanitarian access, coordination, and decision-making in different conflict contexts.
State of the Humanitarian System (SOHS) Report 2026
Critical assessments of humanitarian system performance in conflict- and disaster-affected areas, highlighting adaptive practices alongside persistent systemic gaps.
Together, these studies form the backbone of HOM’s evidence-driven approach to strengthening humanitarian governance.
Through Observatory meetings, research briefs, peer learning exchanges, and knowledge-sharing platforms, HOM connects local knowledge with the policy and funding spaces where decisions are made.
HOM contributes to:
Stronger evidence on humanitarian governance in Myanmar
Greater visibility of frontline and community experiences
Community-led analysis and learning
Cross-country learning through the global Observatory network
Advocacy grounded in lived realities, not assumptions
In partnership with the International Institute of Social Studies (ISS), The Hague, HOM contributes to a broader global effort to advance humanitarian governance that is more just, locally rooted, and accountable.
This is not just information—it is a collective effort toward fairer humanitarian futures.
Let’s build a humanitarian system that listens before it acts.
Primary Contacts
Myat The Thitsar
National Lead
Signal / WhatsApp: +1 978-954-2264
Email: mthe.t@nyancorridor.org
Cho Cho Winn (@Chilli)
Program Manager
Signal / WhatsApp: +66 95 118 1619
Email: cho.w@nyancorridor.org
