The Livelihoods and Food Security (LIFT) Fund is
a multi-donor fund established ...
The Livelihoods and Food Security (LIFT) Fund is
a multi-donor fund established in 2009 to address food insecurity and income
poverty in Myanmar. LIFT 2019-2023 is funded by seven donors – the United
Kingdom, the European Union, Australia, Switzerland, the United States, Canada
and Ireland. The United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS) is the Fund
Manager for LIFT, administrating the funds and providing monitoring and
oversight services.
The overall goal of the LIFT Fund is to achieve a
sustained reduction in the number of people living in hunger and poverty in
Myanmar. LIFT strengthens the resilience and livelihoods of poor and vulnerable
populations through interventions to raise income, decrease vulnerability,
improve nutrition and support pro-poor policy development.
LIFT works with a broad range of implementing
partners, including non-governmental organizations, United Nations agencies,
the Government of Myanmar, the private sector, civil society, academic and
research institutions. The Fund is active in the four main agro-ecological
zones of Myanmar and to date has reached more than 11.6 million people or
roughly 26 per cent of rural Myanmar’s population; and is active in two-thirds
of the country’s townships. For more details visit www.lift-fund.org.
LIFT’s refreshed strategy for 2019-23 has at its
heart ‘leaving no one behind’ in Myanmar’s rural transition, with a greater
focus on inclusion and social cohesion, intensified commitment to gender
equality and women's empowerment, increased geographical focus on ethnic/border
states and conflict-affected areas, enhanced efforts to bring displaced persons
and returnees into LIFT’s development programmes, expanded support for
underserved urban and peri-urban areas and broader engagement with Government
at all levels on targeted policies that achieve gains in these areas
With the new LIFT focus in conflict affected
areas, it is vital that programme frameworks are underpinned by a set of conflict
sensitive principles and a thorough communication and consultation strategy.
LIFT’s programme aims to lay the
groundwork for and catalyse, where possible, inclusive, conflict sensitive,
climate-resilient and sustainable development in the region that addresses
food, nutrition and livelihood security
of the most vulnerable.
Reporting to the Fund Director, the Programme
Management Intern will support the Fund Director Office and work towards
meeting LIFT strategic objectives by assisting in documenting, analyzing best
practices, lessons learned and report writing.