"In Myanmar's central dry zone, many villages and their inhabitants are in danger. Due to climate change, which causes both excessive rainfall and prolonged droughts, the Irawaddy river is bursting its banks more often and more destructively. Hundreds of acres are now permanently underwater, farmers have lost their land and livelihood and many villagers have lost their homes. Those who have been able to reconstruct their houses away from the flood-prone areas are now in danger of losing their homes again. Moving away even further is not an option for most, since the river they now fear, is also the main source of livelihood of this community of farmers and fishermen. Cordaid helps the community by mapping the risks and creating contingency and mitigation plans following a proven disaster risk reduction method. The villagers themselves express and document their greatest worries and needs, after which Cordaid's local resilience partners help the community to find a solution to their problems. This could entail planting trees to prevent the soil from eroding or the construction of dikes to stop the floods, just to name a few examples..."