IFRC: Urgent humanitarian response continues in Myanmar following devastating earthquakes

IFRC: Urgent humanitarian response continues in Myanmar following devastating earthquakes

KUALA LUMPUR: Weeks after powerful earthquakes ripped through Myanmar in late March, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) warns that urgent humanitarian needs persist, particularly for shelter, water, sanitation, and healthcare. © New Straits Times Press (M) Bhd

SCDF officers had to lie on their side and drill through concrete slabs in Myanmar quake rescue

SCDF deployed an 80-strong contingent and four search canines the day after the disaster. Read more at straitstimes.com.

The international organization Save the Children warned this Friday that more than 42,000 people continue to live in makeshift shelters in Myanmar following the 7.7 magnitude earthquake on 28 March, in conditions that do not allow them to endure the monsoon scourges, whose season starts from next May. According to the entity, a figure higher than 206,000 people were displaced by the earthquake that so far left more than 3,700 dead and 5,100 inju…

Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors » Africa Global Village

One month since Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, tens of thousands of survivors still live in makeshift tents with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms and mosquitoes. UN Africa News The post Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors appeared first on Africa Global Village.

Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors

One month since Myanmar’s earthquake disaster, tens of thousands of survivors still live in makeshift tents with little to protect them from pre-monsoon storms and mosquitoes.

Myanmar earthquake sends cement prices soaring

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