For millions of people in Myanmar, one emergency has followed another.
Years of armed conflict and displacement have forced families from their homes and disrupted access to food, healthcare, clean water and livelihoods. Then, in March 2025, a devastating 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, destroying homes and essential infrastructure.
Now, severe monsoon flooding is affecting communities already struggling to recover.
12.4 million people are facing acute hunger and around 3.8 million people are internally displaced.
Your donation can help provide essential support to families living through this continuing humanitarian crisis.
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For families across Myanmar, the earthquake was not the beginning of the crisis.
Many had already been displaced by armed conflict before the ground shook. Others were struggling with rising food prices, lost livelihoods and disrupted essential services.
The earthquake pushed already stretched communities further into hardship, destroying homes, schools, healthcare facilities and water systems.
Recovery remains fragile. In earthquake-affected areas of Sagaing and Mandalay, families continue to struggle with food insecurity, while renewed economic pressures have pushed up the cost of food and fuel.
Recent monsoon flooding has brought another emergency, inundating homes, damaging crops, contaminating water sources and disrupting local markets.
For families who have already rebuilt, relocated or started again more than once, another shock can mean losing what little they have managed to recover.
12.4 million people are facing acute hunger in 2026, including one million at emergency levels.
Rising food and fuel prices, displacement and disrupted livelihoods are making basic food increasingly difficult for families to afford.
Around 3.8 million people are internally displaced, many after fleeing armed conflict and repeated emergencies.
Leaving home can also mean losing access to work, farmland, possessions and the support networks families once relied on.
The 7.7 magnitude earthquake of March 2025 killed thousands of people and destroyed homes and essential infrastructure across central Myanmar.
For many survivors, recovery is still ongoing.
Heavy monsoon rains in 2026 have flooded communities, damaged crops and contaminated water sources, adding further pressure to families already facing hunger and displacement.
Penny Appeal’s Myanmar Emergency response helps families meet urgent needs as conditions change.
Your donation can help support:
The type of assistance provided is based on current needs, access and conditions on the ground.
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Displacement can happen quickly.
Families may leave with only what they can carry. Their home is left behind, but so are everyday things that made life possible.
A kitchen stocked with food. A job nearby. A child’s school. Farmland. Neighbours. A familiar source of water.
Starting again means rebuilding all of those routines somewhere else, often while living with very limited resources.
For millions of people across Myanmar, this has become a prolonged reality.
Emergency assistance can help families cover immediate needs while they work to rebuild what displacement and disaster have taken from them.
Food has become one of the country’s most urgent needs.
Millions of people are now facing acute hunger, driven by the combined effects of armed conflict, displacement, economic hardship, high food prices and repeated disasters.
For households already surviving on very little, rising prices mean the same amount of money buys less food.
Families reduce portions. Meals become simpler. Nutritious foods become harder to afford.
Children and mothers are particularly at risk when diets become inadequate for extended periods.
Providing food assistance helps families meet that immediate need while their ability to earn an income, return home or rebuild their livelihoods remains disrupted.
Powerful earthquakes have struck central Myanmar.
Homes collapsed. Schools, health facilities and water systems were damaged or destroyed. Thousands of people were killed and many more were injured.
But the earthquake struck a country where millions were already living through a humanitarian crisis.
Some families affected by the earthquake had already been displaced by armed conflict. Others lost homes or livelihoods just as they were trying to recover from years of instability.
More than a year later, that recovery remains unfinished.
Humanitarian needs in Myanmar can change quickly.
Our response is designed to support families according to what is most urgently needed and what can be safely delivered.
Our teams and partners identify communities affected by displacement, hunger and natural disasters.
Support can include food, water and other essential items according to local needs.
Floods, displacement and other emergencies can create new needs quickly. Flexible emergency funding allows support to be directed where it is most useful.
Myanmar is experiencing a prolonged humanitarian crisis driven by armed conflict, mass displacement, economic hardship and repeated natural disasters.
The March 2025 earthquake caused widespread destruction across central Myanmar, while monsoon flooding in 2026 has affected communities already struggling with hunger and displacement.
Around 3.8 million people were internally displaced by June 2026, with displacement continuing as armed conflict affects communities across the country.
An estimated 12.4 million people are facing acute hunger in 2026, including around one million people experiencing emergency levels of food insecurity.
Donations to the Myanmar Emergency can support assistance such as food, clean water, essential household items and other emergency or recovery support according to current needs.
Yes. Myanmar is highly exposed to natural disasters, and emergency support may be provided following events such as earthquakes and flooding where Penny Appeal and its partners are able to respond.
Yes. The earthquake caused widespread damage to homes and essential infrastructure, and recovery remains difficult for communities also affected by conflict, displacement and economic hardship.
Locations depend on humanitarian need, access and current programs. Our teams and partners assess where assistance can be delivered safely and effectively.
For families who have already fled their homes, survived an earthquake or watched floodwater enter their community, recovery is not a simple return to normal.
Many are rebuilding while the crisis around them continues.
Your donation can help provide food, clean water and essential support to families facing another difficult day in Myanmar.
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