Emergency aid after earthquake

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Drei Mönche stehen vor einem zerstörten Gebäude in Myanmar

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Donate for earthquake emergency aid in Myanmar

At least 3,600 people were killed in the severe earthquake in Myanmar and Thailand. The search for missing persons continues and is now being aggravated by heavy rainfall and aftershocks.

Together with local partners, Help is currently providing emergency aid in Myanmar and is urgently appealing for donations.

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Three Myanmar women carry relief supplies — Thanks to our cooperation with local partners, we are able to provide rapid assistance in Myanmar.

Together with partner organisations, we are providing affected families in Myanmar with drinking water, food, medicine, emergency accommodation and cash aid. We also support the recovery operations with fuel and solar lamps.

Our aid is focussed on the particularly affected regions of Sagaing, Mandalay and villages at Inle Lake. Help has over 40 years of experience in international emergency aid and was already active in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis in 2008.

We are urgently requesting donations for our earthquake emergency aid in Myanmar:

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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.

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.

An aid worker hands food and water to a woman — In the first few days after the earthquake disaster, our partner organisation has already provided over 6,000 people with relief supplies.

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.

Ruined houses after fire in Myanmar — A fire broke out in Sein Pan, a neighbourhood of Mandalay, after the earthquake. Everything here is in ruins.

People ride scooters through an earthquake-ravaged town in Myanmar — According to the military government, over 48,000 houses, more than 3,000 monasteries, around 2,000 schools and 148 bridges were destroyed by the earthquake in Myanmar.

Emergency forces stand in front of a collapsed building in Myanmar — Many people are still missing in Myanmar. Experts believe that 10,000 people may have died in the earthquake.

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At the end of March, a devastating 7.7-magnitude earthquake struck Thailand and Myanmar. The earth shook for minutes in both Southeast Asian countries. Since then, several aftershocks have aggravated the situation and made rescue operations more difficult.

In Myanmar, the earthquake had particularly severe consequences: the epicentre of the quake was near the second largest city, Mandalay. Houses, temples and bridges collapsed and roads were destroyed.

The situation in the cities of Mandalay and Sagaing is particularly dramatic: the roads were so badly damaged that rescue operations are only possible to a limited extent. In many areas, around 80 per cent of houses have been destroyed. Many families are now homeless and are sleeping in the open or in boats.

People walk past rubble in Myanmar — Around 20 million people are affected by the earthquake.

In Myanmar, over 3,600 people lost their lives in the earthquake and more than 5,000 others were injured. The number of victims is rising daily, but the hope of finding any survivors among the rubble is now lost. The search for the missing persons is currently being hampered by persistent rainfall as well as aftershocks.

A civil war has been raging in Myanmar since 2021, killing thousands of people. Even before the severe earthquake disaster, over 19 million people in Myanmar were dependent on humanitarian aid. Following the earthquake, important supply and communication routes have now collapsed. The situation is exacerbated by the already weak healthcare system and the ongoing political instability.

The people of Myanmar urgently need support!

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