CivicTech4CivilianProtection

This 5-minute explainer looks at how local communities in Karenni State, Myanmar, are using civic technology to protect civilians where traditional humanitarian aid can’t reach. Following the 2021 events in Myanmar and the ongoing conflict and displacement, it shows how the Karenni Humanitarian Aid Initiative (KHAI), a youth-led organization working with a technical partner, built its own early warning and response system.

You’ll learn:

- Why top-down humanitarian models break down in conflict zones

- How the community-led model turns local youth into knowledge creators and frontline responders

- The three pillars of the monitoring mechanism (data management, monitoring and reporting, advocacy) and the five-step action cycle

- How the Matrix OS tracks five categories of indicators (economic, demographic, political, social and human rights) to predict violence before it escalates