Update for earthquake aid in Myanmar
April 27, 2025
On March 28, Myanmar was struck by two powerful earthquakes. More than 5,300 people were killed and at least 11,000 injured. In addition to providing initial care for the injured and grieving, emergency relief efforts to combat the earthquake's aftermath have long been underway: supplying drinking water, setting up emergency shelters, and providing trauma support for children. Two long-standing Terre des Hommes partner organizations are providing emergency aid on the ground – Equality Myanmar and HIMM
Right now – children in Myanmar still need your support
Equality Myanmar
Project area: Sagaing region, Mandalay region
Help for:
- 600 children
- 200 families
Focus of the aid services:
- Clean water
- food
- Medication
- emergency shelters
- Clothing
- Children's toys
HEAVEN
Project area: Inle Lake and surroundings
Help for:
- 600 children
- 858 family members
Focus of the aid services:
- Groceries
- Electrolytes
- Children's toys
- Setting up child-friendly rooms
- Trauma aid
"Since people build their houses on stilts that can be easily destroyed, temporary shelters and tents are urgently needed. Children especially need places of safety."
The disaster strikes a population that has suffered for years under a reign of terror and armed attacks. Myanmar has been embroiled in civil war for more than four years. And in 2024, the country was already hit by a devastating natural disaster, Typhoon Yagi.
Twenty million people are in need of humanitarian aid – a figure calculated by the United Nations before the earthquake.
Don't leave children and families alone in this terrible situation: Help with your donation!
Your contact person
Jan-Hinnerk Voss
Speaker for Donation Relations