To support the sustainable livelihoods and ecological practices of households and communities in our programme areas.

To provide four types of essential services to households and villages that are in our programme areas, and areas where other organisations do not easily reach. These services are led and managed by the communities themselves.

To respond to any type of humanitarian emergency in any part of Myanmar to the best of our ability – prioritising our ongoing project areas, proximity to out existing office bases, and presence of our partners and alumni.

Metta will incorporate a fully-resourced Action-Research Department capable of implementing both centre-based and community-based research, advocacy and publications projects, and of managing commissioned research project in priority areas.

To provide leadership, resourcing and capacity for civil society groups and networks to implement their own community-centred strategies.

To focus our organisational resources during this strategic period on our centres of programme delivery and the key to programme quality – our Branch Offices.