Myanmar
Earthquake
Appeal
Myanmar
Earthquake Appeal
A powerful earthquake in Myanmar has caused catastrophic devastation. Three months on, people still need critical support including food, water, shelter and medical aid. Please donate now.
Cho* and her child Thet* in a makeshift shelter in a village in the Mandalay region of Myanmar. Many families lost their homes in the disaster, with businesses and farmland also devastated. Photo: Arete/DEC
Key facts
17 million
people affected by the earthquake, with hundreds of thousands displaced
1 in 3 houses
in Sagaing - the worst hit area - have collapsed
A powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake has devastated huge areas of Myanmar. People urgently need help to survive.
Families have been living outside in makeshift shelters since the earthquake, and are now exposed to the monsoon rains and a growing risk of disease.
The scale of the destruction is vast. Countless homes, schools, businesses and areas of farmland have been destroyed.
Myanmar was already facing a severe humanitarian crisis, with a third of the population in need of humanitarian aid. Now the situation is catastrophic.
Donations to the Myanmar Earthquake Appeal are providing vital support as people begin to look towards the future in these devastating circumstances. DEC charities urgently need more funds to continue reaching some of the most vulnerable.
How can you help?
You can help people affected by the earthquake by making a donation and helping to raise money for the DEC appeal. This will allow DEC charities and their local partners to provide shelter, medical care, food, water, cash support and other lifesaving aid.
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ABOUT THE DEC
The DEC brings together 15 leading aid charities to raise funds quickly and efficiently at times of crisis overseas. In these times of crisis, people in life-and-death situations need our help and our mission is to save, protect and rebuild lives through effective humanitarian response.
Pooling our resources to work as one, we are pivotal in co-ordinating the UK public's response to overseas disasters. In collaboration with our Rapid Response Network of national media and corporate partners, we raise the alarm to the UK public and set up easy ways for them to donate.
And we have immediate impact, getting aid to people who need it, fast.
Since our launch in 1963
79
appeals launched for major disasters overseas
£2.5 billion
raised, saving countless lives and rebuilding communities
