Tai Po Fire Emergency Response
Bringing hope and support to earthquake survivors
45-year-old Thandar remembered when the earthquake brought tragedy to her family on 28 March 2025. “When the earthquake struck, a woman saved my daughter, passing her to someone before she fell and died beneath me,” says Thandar. Her husband was killed in the mosque during prayer. “I was electrocuted, my head, hip, and knees were injured, but I survived," she adds.
The 7.7 earthquake caused widespread damage to homes, schools, health centres and public infrastructure in Mandalay and Sagaing. It compounds an already dire humanitarian situation, affecting nearly 17 million people so far, while internally displacing more than 190 thousand people. Nearly 2 million new people are in need of humanitarian assistance since the earthquake.
World Vision conducted a rapid assessment in earthquake-affected areas, analysing data and consulting village leaders to identify priority households. The assessment focused on families who lost loved ones, suffered injuries, had damaged homes, faced food insecurity, or were led by women, with elderly members or children. Approximately USD $86 as provided to each family in urgent need, to enable them to buy essentials, cover medical costs and repair homes.
For Thandar, the loss of her husband, her family’s provider, means a gloomy future for her and her 10-month-old daughter. Among pressing needs, she longs for stability. “I want a safe place for my daughter and me to stay,” she says. She hopes to use the cash assistance she has received to provide her family's urgent needs and help others.
World Vision has been serving Myanmar since 1993. Because of the donations from donors in Hong Kong and Macau, World Vision Hong Kong is able to join forces with the World Food Programme (WFP) and other World Vision offices around the world to provide live-saving relief assistance to the children and their families affected by the earthquake, including emergency food, clean water, shelter, and hygiene kits, as well as psychological support.
