Your generous donation can provide children and families affected by the Myanmar earthquake, as well as other disasters across the world, with life-saving essentials like food, water and crucial mental health support. It can also help create lasting change through longer term programmes to alleviate poverty and the chronic impact of climate change.
Myanmar Earthquake: Six Months On - Children Still Need Your Help
It's been six months since a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake and strong aftershocks hit Myanmar, killing more than 3,800 people and injuring around 5,100 more.
The crisis continues. Many families are still living in temporary camps after over 50,000 homes were destroyed or severely damaged. In July, heavy rains caused severe flooding and landslides, making it even harder for families to rebuild and recover.
Children are suffering. Thousands of students had no school to return to in June since more than 2,600 schools were damaged or destroyed. Their mental health is also suffering after witnessing such a terrifying disaster.
Food crisis deepening. Before the earthquake, conflict and climate disasters meant one third of the population needed support. Now, food insecurity is rising since crops, grain stores and farming equipment were destroyed. Damaged roads and infrastructure are making it even harder to transport food and other goods, while disruptions to trade routes are causing the price of commodities to rise.
"It's going to rain, and they said big winds are coming. I don't have a home anymore. I'm really scared." – Girl, 12 years old, Myanmar
Please donate to help children in Myanmar and around the world, wherever the need is greatest.
Your donations are making a real difference
Thanks to our generous donors, partners and supporters, we've raised £8.1 million to help children in Myanmar affected by this crisis.
Over the last six months (March-September), we've helped more than 180,000 people, including almost 50,000 children, across 95 townships in earthquake-affected areas.
Basic assistance that's saving lives
Cash assistance to more than 60,000 people (13,000 families) so they can buy food, medicine and other essentials they need
Hot meals and food parcels – with rice, oil, beans and canned fish – to 29,000 people in the immediate aftermath
Over 26,000 emergency kits – with blankets, sleeping mats and mosquito nets – and set up more than 1,000 shelters for families who've lost their homes
Clean drinking water to more than 190,000 people and distributed over 12,000 hygiene kits with essentials like soap, toothbrushes and sanitary items
Healthcare when families need it most
Five mobile health clinics providing emergency healthcare and first aid services to over 22,000 people, including medical consultations for almost 14,000 people
Screened over 7,700 people for malnutrition and treated over 1,700 children with micro-nutrient sachets
Supported over 1,300 mothers with breastfeeding counselling and set up two mother and baby areas
Protecting children's wellbeing
Set up 47 safe spaces, giving 14,000 children a place to play, receive emotional support and regain a sense of normality
Provided mental health and psychosocial support to 13,000 people, including 4,000 children
Individual case management support for vulnerable children and psychological first aid for children and caregivers
Getting children back to learning
Set up 96 temporary learning spaces, helping 5,000 children to access education
Distributed almost 4,900 student kits, 13 early education kits and 19 teacher kits with essentials like pens, books, school uniforms and bags
Delivered training on disability inclusive education, psychosocial support and social and emotional learning to more than 80 teachers
Carried out structural assessments of over 100 schools and worked with communities to encourage children back to school safely
By donating, you can make sure Save the Children is exactly where we need to be to stand with children in crisis and to create lasting change.
Real stories: How your donations help
Moe Lay is one year old* and lives with her mother and grandmother in Mandalay, Myanmar. During the earthquake, her mother was badly injured and required major surgery. Without her mother, Moe Lay didn't get the nutritional support she needed.
Our teams visited Moe Lay and her grandmother at home and discovered she was malnourished. We provided her with treatment (ready-to-use supplementary food) and advice on how to feed her to keep her healthy. Now, she is recovering well.
*Name changed to protect identities
Moe Lay* (1) is screened for malnutrition in her temporary shelter in Myanmar
Children in Thailand need help too
When the earthquake hit, tremors were felt across the region especially in neighbouring Thailand. Almost 600 homes and many schools were damaged, impacting thousands of children – particularly migrant and refugee children living on the northern Thai-Myanmar border.
We worked with partners in remote northern areas to provide mental health and protection support to children and families worst impacted by the quake, helping more than 32,069 children overall.
We also assessed and repaired 87 schools, 58 migrant learning centres and 29 schools in refugee camps so children could return to learning safety as soon as possible.
The work continues - but we urgently need your help
We've been supporting children and families in Myanmar for more than 30 years. We're one of the largest international non-governmental organisations working across the country and have strong relationships with local partners and community groups.
Over the next six months, we aim to help 300,000 people, including 150,000 children. We'll continue providing food, water, cash, emergency health and nutrition care, as well as education, child protection and mental health support.
However, our response is only 25% funded. We urgently need more funding to protect children's lives and futures.
Please donate to help children in Myanmar and around the world, wherever the need is greatest.
Why monthly donations are important
Now, more than ever, children in Myanmar and around the world need your help.
Donations during this emergency have allowed us to act fast. But by giving monthly, you can help us be by a child's side within days, whenever disaster strikes.
Your monthly gift will mean that our teams can provide continuous support, offering vital food, healthcare and education to children in urgent need around the world. It also allows us to support children as they move out of survival mode and begin to start living again.
With a monthly donation, you can make a lasting impact on the lives of children in Myanmar and around the world.
