Myanmar Earthquake Emergency

What is the situation in Myanmar?

Myanmar is now in its fourth year of escalating conflict, and millions of children are already living in fear, displacement, and deepening poverty. These earthquakes come on top of an already dire situation for struggling families.

Before the earthquakes, there were 19.9 million people, including 6.4 million children, requiring humanitarian assistance in this year. As you can imagine, these numbers are now likely to be significantly higher.

Children are being impacted by multiple crises, including natural disasters, disease outbreaks, food insecurity, inflation, loss of livelihoods, electricity shortages, interrupted or limited Internet and telecommunications services, and disrupted public services.

We'll work through the immediate response to this disaster, then our attention will shift to the ongoing recovery and rebuild phase. The people of Myanmar need our generous support at this critical time.

How is UNICEF responding?

UNICEF teams are on the ground, working closely with UN agencies, clusters, partners and stakeholders to assess the situation and to mobilise an immediate response. We have prepositioned supplies that are available for distribution to children and families in the earthquake affected areas.

We're providing critical WASH supplies, including hygiene kits, soap, water purification chemicals, water storage containers and water filters, to local WASH partners to distribute in the affected regions.

We're supporting health services, by providing Health Kits (covering 10,000 people for a period of three months) and delivery and newborn kits to frontline workers as needed to provide essential medical supplies during the earthquake response.

Child protection services are being supported, including the identification of separated and unaccompanied children, including those who lost their parents and caregivers during the earthquake, care support (medical, psychological, shelter, alternative care), family tracing and reunification.

We're ensuring children's education can continue by providing Essential Learning Packages, consisting of notebooks and basic stationery items to children who've lost their homes. We're also identifying schools damaged by the quakes and standing by to provide roofing sheets, teaching and learning materials, and mental health and psychosocial support for children and teachers.

As the situation develops, our response will remain adaptable to cater to new and growing needs.

Other ways you can donate or support

If you'd like to donate direct to our bank account, please use account 01-0505-0463764-00 and code 'myaee-ws'. 

Other ways you can help:

Help us spread awareness of the situation for kids impacted by the Myanmar Earthquake by sharing this appeal with your friends and family. 

If you'd like to fundraise with your community to support our work, you can start a fundraiser here.

Donations will be matched up to $20,000 by Sudima Hotels, up to by $10,000 by Les Mills International, and up to $25,000 by the Clare Foundation.