In March 2025, Myanmar was shaken by a strong earthquake. Enormous damage was caused. Nine million people live in the worst-affected areas. ena's international partners are on the ground providing emergency aid. Thank you for all the donations that have already been received for the earthquake victims in Myanmar.
On March 28, 2025, Myanmar was shaken by a devastating earthquake near Mandalay with a magnitude of 7.7 on the Richter scale. Although tremors had already been felt in the south of the country a few weeks earlier, this earthquake came unexpectedly and caught people completely unprepared. The strong earthquake caused severe destruction and further exacerbated the plight of the population in Myanmar. A brutal civil war has been raging in the country for years. Before the earthquake, it was estimated that almost a third of Myanmar's population (15.2 million people) would be affected by acute food insecurity in 2025.
The need in Mandalay and Sagaing is overwhelming. Many people are still sleeping outside because they are afraid to return to their damaged homes. Many have lost their belongings and are without food. The region urgently needs emergency aid to meet basic needs such as shelter, food and water
Emergency aid
40,987 people received food aid, including 3,580 pregnant/nursing women and children under the age of five who received special nutritious food.
Emergency aid
We support 16,783 particularly affected families with funds so that they can purchase essential goods such as food, hygiene products and medicines independently. This aid gives people a degree of independence and dignity in the midst of the crisis.
Support for families is mainly distributed to women. Priority is given to the most vulnerable households with the highest needs. Post-distribution monitoring is carried out to monitor the use of the money, in which selected recipients are asked after each disbursement what they used the money for.
Emergency aid
5,643 people received water bottles and water filters. The water filters enable families to convert available dirty water into clean water and ensure long-term access to clean water. Among other things, this reduces the outbreak of communicable diseases. In addition, most recipients initially received bottled drinking water to buy time.
Reconstruction
32 hectares of agricultural land were leveled with 9 tractors and restored for agricultural use. In addition, 143 farming families received start-up aid to buy seeds, fertilizer and tools to promote their long-term food security.
Reconstruction
2,986 people are receiving materials and technical support to repair their homes. Many of the affected families are still living outside or in temporary solutions, as the safety risk in the damaged houses is too great. A repair budget of CHF 467 per household enables them to make their homes permanently habitable again.
supply a family with drinking water for a month, for example.
help a farming family, for example, with new seeds, fertilizer and tools.
enable a family, for example, to make their house permanently habitable again with repair work.
Ihre Spende für die Nothilfe Myanmar
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