Myanmar Emergency
By the time you read these lines, the crucial hours have begun for those affected. Your contribution to the MSF Emergency Fund enables our teams to respond after a natural disaster.
Life-saving aid is needed now.
Southeast Asia was hit by a violent earthquake on Friday, March 28, 2025. The 7.7-magnitude earthquake had its epicenter in central Myanmar. Houses, roads, and bridges have collapsed. MSF teams are ready to respond.
Your contribution enables our teams to respond after a natural disaster.
On 28 March 2025, a powerful 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck central Myanmar, devastating the regions of Mandalay, Naypyidaw, Sagaing, and Shan State.
As of 8 April, official figures reported over 3,600 deaths, more than 5,000 people injured, and an estimated 17 million individuals affected—many severely. Key infrastructure, including hospitals, roads, and water systems, sustained significant damage, while ongoing telecommunications disruptions continue to hamper relief efforts.
What are MSF’s priorities during an earthquake lke the one in Myanmar and Thailand?
Emergency deployment
With over 40 years of experience in natural disasters, we have developed tools to rapidly deploy aid and life-saving assistance. This includes surgical kits, emergency relief supplies, and even fully equipped mobile hospitals. Our first-response teams can be reinforced with additional personnel if a larger-scale intervention is needed.
Reaching the affected areas
The more transportation routes are disrupted and communities are isolated, the longer it takes for outside aid to arrive. Gaining access to remote areas can become a race against time—especially for those in need of rescue, the injured requiring medical care, and people living in dire conditions without shelter.
Treating the injured
One of our priorities is to assess the number of casualties and whether local healthcare facilities have been impacted by the disaster. If people suffering from cuts and fractures cannot access treatment, including proper post-operative care, their wounds can quickly become infected.
We can deploy mobile hospitals, such as inflatable hospitals, which are particularly effective in earthquake responses when aftershocks occur.
But to carry out these operations, we need you: donate to the Emergency Fund.
Why Donate to the Emergency Fund?
The Emergency Fund provides our medical teams worldwide with the resources and flexibility they need to respond immediately during disasters, such as the earthquake in Myanmar (Burma) or Thailand.
Donating to the Emergency Fund means trusting MSF teams to act where the need is greatest and allocate funding to the most urgent, often unmet, needs. Every year, when MSF publishes its financial reports, we inform our donors about how the Emergency Fund has been used during the past year.
99% of our donations come from people like you
Every donation counts. By contributing to the Emergency Fund, you become a crucial part of humanitarian aid. Your generosity enables MSF to save lives, today and in the future.