Mission and objectivesUNDP has been providing development assistance to the people of Myanmar since the 1950s. UNDP operated under a restricted mandate from 1993 until 2012 implementing the Human Development Initiative programme which provided assistance directly to communities and individuals for improving their lives and livelihoods. In 2013, UNDP began working through two country programmes, and between 2018 and 2020 the focus shifted to direct support to the Myanmar Government. Following the military takeover in 2021, UNDP Myanmar pivoted to directly target the extremely vulnerable by meeting their basic needs and supporting community recovery, through the Community First Programme: 2021-2025. We have and extensive presence with 4 field offices covering 11 states and regions, with offices in Mon State - covering Mon and the southeastern regions including Bago โ and Kachin and Shan states. UNDP also has a field office in Rakhine State and a sub-office in northern Rakhine. UNDP Myanmar works with an extensive network of local CSO, CBO, grassroots partners and community leaders established by UNDP under the Human Development Initiative which started in 1993. These networks remain operational, and UNDP has been able to quickly connect and deliver support through them despite rapid changes in Myanmarโs political and social landscape.
ContextA massive 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar on 28 March with its epicentre near the countryโs second largest city of Mandalay, resulting in widespread loss of life, injury and destruction to homes and infrastructure. While the full extent of the disaster is still emerging, an estimated 15 million people have been affected nationwide. The hardest-hit areas were home to some 1.6 million internally displaced people (IDPs) forced to flee during the past four years of conflict, worsening an already dire humanitarian crisis affecting displaced and local communities. To that end, we invite Online Volunteers to support our organization's mission by helping to ensure that accurate information about UNDP's recovery work is shared on our website. We are looking for individuals with translation experience to assist in translating website content. The task involves translating an average of five posts, each with a length of fewer than a thousand words, from English into Burmese.
Task DescriptionWe are seeking one Online Volunteer to support us by translating website posts and stories on UNDPโs work from English to Burmese. To this end the Online Volunteer is asked to: - Translate the content, which is a total of five posts, each fewer than 1,000 words long into Burmese - Ensure the translation is concise, in line with our communications guidelines, and fits the audience The selected Online Volunteers will be provided with the document in the original language and will receive guidance on the target audience and our communications guidelines as well as other guidance as needed.
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