Emergency assistance after earthquake

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Donate for earthquake emergency aid in Myanmar

In March 2025, the earth shook in Myanmar and Thailand. Over 3,700 people lost their lives in the devastating earthquake. One year on from the disaster, the need for aid remains enormous.

Help continues to provide emergency aid and is urgently appealing for donations:

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An aid worker distributes food — Thanks to our cooperation with local partners, we were able to provide rapid assistance in Myanmar.

The situation remains dire: over 16 million people are in urgent need of humanitarian aid. Thousands of families are still living in emergency shelters and refugee camps, and there is a shortage of drinking water and sanitation facilities.

Together with local partners, Help continues to provide emergency aid and distribute food and cash assistance to affected families. We are also building emergency shelters, repairing homes and improving drinking water and sanitation services. In total, Help has supported over 30,000 people in Myanmar since the earthquake.

Further assistance is urgently needed to ensure that the situation for people in Myanmar improves in the long term:

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Water treatment plant in Myanmar — Clean drinking water: Together with our local partner, we have built water treatment plants in Myanmar.

Relief supplies are delivered by boat — As many roads were destroyed by the earthquake, our partner organisation distributes some of the relief supplies by boat, e.g. in villages near Inle Lake.

A child with a broken leg receives support — Over 5,000 people were injured in the earthquake. Help supports those affected with medical aid and cash assistance.

Distribution of relief supplies to survivors of the earthquake in Myanmar — Our help arrives: The teams from our partner organisation are working every day to provide earthquake survivors with food, water and electrolyte solutions.

An aid worker cares for people left homeless by the earthquake in Myanmar — After the earthquake in Myanmar, thousands of people are sleeping under the open sky.

A humanitarian worker hands food and water to a woman — One month after the earthquake disaster, our partner organisation has already supported over 43,000 people.

Destroyed temple after earthquake in Myanmar — Numerous historical buildings were destroyed in the earthquake, such as this temple in Innwa.

Helpers unload a truck with relief supplies — The Parami neighbourhood in the city of Sagaing was hit particularly hard by the earthquake. We provided rapid emergency aid here through our partner.

Emergency shelters in Sagaing after the severe earthquake — Thousands of people in the earthquake region have been left homeless. Most of them are forced to sleep in the open. They use tarpaulins to build emergency shelters that offer little protection.

A helper hands a man a bag of food — The epicentre of the earthquake was near the city of Mandalay. Together with local partners, we are providing affected families with food and drinking water.

Drinking water packages are distributed from a truck — After disasters such as the earthquake, securing the drinking water supply is a top priority in order to prevent the outbreak of disease.

A man stands in the rubble of a house in Myanmar — There is no longer any hope of finding survivors in the rubble.

Emergency aid team distributes drinking water to those affected by the earthquake in Myanmar — Among other things, our partner organisation distributes drinking water and food to families from the Mahar Aung Myay district in Mandalay.

Help that keeps giving:
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Help that keeps giving:
Your donation makes a difference!

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At the end of March 2025, a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Thailand and Myanmar. The ground shook for several minutes across the two Southeast Asian countries. Rescue operations were hampered by several aftershocks.

The earthquake had particularly severe consequences in Myanmar: the epicentre of the quake was near the country’s second-largest city, Mandalay. Houses, temples and bridges collapsed, and roads were destroyed. Over 3,700 people lost their lives in the disaster, and more than 5,000 others were injured.

The situation in the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing was particularly dire: the roads were so badly damaged that rescue operations were severely restricted. In many areas, around 80 per cent of houses were destroyed. Numerous families remain homeless and are being accommodated in refugee camps.

Myanmar has been in the grip of a civil war since 2021, which has claimed thousands of lives. Currently, over 16 million people in Myanmar are dependent on humanitarian aid. The situation is exacerbated by the already weak healthcare system and ongoing political instability.