Earthquakes in Myanmar have had a devastating impact on children and families. Two large earthquakes have shaken the country with epicentres near the city of Mandalay – the first 7.7M followed by a 6.4M in Sagaing city, followed by further shocks.

It is the most powerful earthquake to strike Myanmar since 1912.

More than 1,600 people have died and over 3,400 are injured – many of them children. As search and rescue operations continue, numbers are expected to rise further, with many people still potentially trapped under rubble.

The shocks have damaged homes, schools, health facilities and water supplies in urban centers that are home to hundreds of thousands of children.

We are working with our partners to provide access to safe water, hygiene kits, vaccines and medical care, as well as safe spaces for children and families.

With your donations we can continue to support children in Myanmar. These are some of the ways UNICEF is urgently responding, but we need your support to protect more children:

Providing critical support to affected communities with access to safe water and hygiene kits for 40,000 families.

Providing essential vaccines and medical care, as well as safe spaces for children and families.

Providing urgent support to ensure health and nutrition services can continue – sending delivery kits and newborn kits to frontline workers that can support 10,000 people for three months.

Ensuring children can maintain their education by supplying notebooks, basic stationery items and learning materials.

Nord Anglia Education have kindly donated $100,000 from its central budget to support this appeal.

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