Scottish charity launches Myanmar emergency appeal after 2700 killed in earthquake

Scottish charity launches Myanmar emergency appeal after 2700 killed in earthquake

An appeal has been launched to help communities that have been devastated by the powerful earthquake that struck Myanmar last week.

UNHCR rushes emergency supplies to quake-hit central Myanmar

Families displaced from their homes by the earthquake that struck Myanmar on 28 March take shelter under some trees. © UN This is a summary of what was said by UNHCR spokesperson Babar Baloch – to whom quoted text may be attributed – at today’s press briefing at the Palais des Nations in Geneva. As aftershocks continue to pound central Myanmar following the earthquake on 28 March, UNHCR has rushed emergency supplies from Yangon to some 25,000 ea…

UNHCR Rushes Emergency Supplies to Earthquake Survivors in Central Myanmar

🌍Geneva, April 1, 2025 – The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) is urgently providing emergency supplies to approximately 25,000 survivors of a devastating earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28. As aftershocks continue to rattle the regions of Mandalay and Nay Pyi Taw, UNHCR is mobilizing critical relief items from their existing