After the earthquake, many houses collapsed and became uninhabitable. © action medeor / GIVE Myanmar Info After the earthquake, many houses collapsed and became uninhabitable. © action medeor / GIVE Myanmar Earthquake emergency aid in Myanmar Providing disaster relief 28 August 2024 A powerful earthquake has shaken parts of Southeast Asia, with Myanmar being particularly affected. Thousands have lost their lives, and the numbers continue to rise. action medeor is standing by those affected. Severe emergency after the earthquake in Myanmar! The political and humanitarian situation in Myanmar has been tense for years. A disaster like this hits the people of the country all the harder. A state of emergency has already been declared in six regions. action medeor made contact with partner organizations on the ground shortly after the quake. Together with the Myanmar-based organization GIVE, we are now initiating the first relief measures to provide people with what they urgently need most. Donate Health Your donation enables us to provide medical care to people in crisis and disaster regions. Donate Now This is what our aid currently looks like GIVE distributes food packages by boat to people who have taken refuge in undamaged houses. Photo: action medeor/GIVE Myanmar action medeor, together with the local partner organization GIVE, is active in the Inle and Sagaing regions, which lie at the heart of the earthquake zone. There are two major hospitals in the cities of the region that are partially destroyed and still doing their best to treat the many patients. However, the help does not reach those living in rural areas. That's why our partner organization’s mobile clinic travels to these villages to ensure medical treatment for those affected. In addition, people receive food and drinking water. Families who have lost their homes are temporarily sheltered in bamboo houses. The next disaster is looming Relief efforts like these are incredibly important right now. Because the people who survived the earthquake are in a situation that is hard for us to imagine: many have lost family members, friends, and their homes. Now they are facing the next life-threatening danger: the lack of clean water, food, and medication can quickly lead to deadly infections, especially for children. Your help is needed now We can only provide as much help as we receive in donations. Let's work together to ensure that people in the earthquake region are supplied with what they urgently need now. Enable further aid together with us now!