‘She cries in her sleep’: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake

‘She cries in her sleep’: Deeper crisis looms beneath devastation from Myanmar quake

“I hate earthquakes. Earthquakes took my mother and my aunt away,” five-year-old Khin Yadanar told the UN Children’s Fund (UNICEF), after both her mother and aunt were killed when a brick wall collapsed on them. Around 6.5 million children were already in need of humanitarian assistance before the earthquake, which compounded existing vulnerabilities resulting from the […]

Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear

Myanmar quake: Ongoing aftershocks spread fear

Aid agencies warned on Tuesday that more than 6.3 million people remain in urgent need of support in the worst-affected central areas around Mandalay. “People [are] forced to sleep outside, safe water is scarce, health services are disrupted,” said UN aid coordination office, OCHA, in an appeal for more support from the international community. The […]

World News in Brief: Sudan aid challenges, Myanmar quake update, UN support for victims of sexual abuse

World News in Brief: Sudan aid challenges, Myanmar quake update, UN support for victims of sexual abuse

“The UN is gravely concerned about the plight of civilians fleeing Zamzam camp, as well as the dire situation in and around El Fasher, which is in North Darfur,” UN Spokesperson Stéphane Dujarric told journalists at a regular news briefing in New York. Famine conditions have already been identified in several displacement camps, including Zamzam. […]

Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors

Destitution and disease stalk Myanmar’s quake survivors

The UN World Health Organization (WHO) is just one of the UN agencies working to help the most vulnerable in worst-hit central areas, but much more help is needed. “When it rains, they can’t sleep, and when the rain stops, they still can’t sleep because they feared the wind might have their only shelter away,” […]