Aung Kyaw Soe, a street vendor in Bago, is one of many Myanmaris who are dealing with the country’s yearly rainfall time this year.
In addition to experiencing a severe flooding and economic crisis following a 2021 military coup, he has never raised the price of the treats he sells so that children may also afford them.
Even if the military junta’s support appears to have dried up, a simple act like this could include a big impact.
Aung Kyaw Soe lives in Myanmar’s fourth-largest area Bago, about 80km north of its largest city and past capital Yangon. According to heavy rainfall, about 20 000 people have been displaced from their homes.
” This time, we are seeing the least number of funds. Where I live, we have only received one lunch box since the start of the floods ( in end-July )”, he told CNA.
The majority of the troops have been occupied by the South Eastern nation’s continued fighting, which started more than three years ago when the martial seized control and overran a democratically elected government.
Before the revolution, soldiers were en masse helping people during the rainfall season. However, they have increasingly been sent to soldiers as opposed to hazard areas.
Despite the government’s efforts to demonstrate its support and assist to its regime, CNA found very few soldiers stationed on the ground.