crisis response strategy

ACT NOW FOR MYANMAR RELIEF PROJECT 2025

executive summary

Following a 7.7 magnitude earthquake amid ongoing civil conflict, traditional aid pathways were constrained. ACT NOW FOR MYANMAR was structured as a localized, responder-led framework prioritizing speed, trust, and direct conversion of funds into life-saving care.

strategic approach

  • Deliver urgent aid where centralized systems were delayed or blocked
  • Ensure donations translated quickly into essential supplies
  • Reduce donor friction in a chaotic information environment
  • Enable local responders rather than relying on external actors

my role

impact strategy lead
response model design

outcome & impact

  • Designed decentralized responder-led distribution model
  • Prioritized high-risk regions (Amarapura, Sagaing)
  • Enabled re-establishment of destroyed clinic infrastructure
  • Activated monastery-based operational partnership
  • Structured donation-to-care conversion mode
 
This was not a traditional relief model.
It was a decentralized, trust-based operational strategy built to function in conflict-constrained environments.
 

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LIANNA ADAMS

human-centred AI strategist · digital dignity advocate

Lianna Adams helps individuals and organisations preserve human agency, creativity, and dignity in the age of AI. Speaker at WEF Davos, COP28, and TEDx. Host of the Wirex Podcast and The Human Strata.

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