b'Within 24 hours of the 2021 coup, HARP-F hadYet, the ability to mobilise HARP-F partners to respond mobilised this partnership and prioritised theto an evolving, deepening crisis did not start with scaling up of life-saving humanitarian assistanceCOVID-19 or the coup; it is what we were set up to do. to the most vulnerable populations, with 2.2Since January 2021, we have initiated an ambitious million reprogrammed specifically to respond. Localprogramme of research and evaluations designed information was constantly compiled by HARP-F, asto help donors, partners and wider stakeholders well as context analysis to continuously adjust thislearn the lessons from HARP-F and integrate these response and prepare contingency plans.into future humanitarian strategies. This includes a In the first nine months of 2021 alone, HARP-F reachedrange of research, learning materials, guidance and 946,000 people in 1,112 villages and 288 camps withadvocacy on our core delivery themes, such as WASH, food, nutrition, WASH, cash, protection and disastercash and voucher assistance, COVID-19, nutrition and risk reduction through 11 million worth of grants. protection. Localisation in Myanmar has come a long COVID-19 prevention and mitigation activities have alsoway, much of it driven by HARP-F. But it also has a long been a priority for HARP-F since 2020, but responseway to go. Continued investment and support, building activities have remained vital into 2021. From July,on the legacy of HARP-F, will be fundamental in the infection rates rose quickly across the country,very uncertain years to come.medical facilities were stretched to their limits and availability of oxygen was a critical challenge. HARP-FReached 1,291,000 called on its partners to expand their work, and scale up access to oxygen, particularly in camps, swiftlyconflict-affected redirecting funds to enable them to do so. In Rakhine, partners distributed equipment to make home carepeople with possible, and in Kachin, provided access to oxygen forhumanitarian communities. Across our operational areas, partners are building or upgrading quarantine facilities andassistance providing WASH services, COVID-19 response kits, and food and cash assistance for camp and village populations that go into lockdown.74.98 million committed through 76 grants providing predictable, multi-year financing 359,945 people reached with COVID-19 prevention measures 55 partners, including 30 local partners29'