Emergency
Myanmar
- 12.4 million
- people have acute hunger
- 4 million
- people expected to be displaced by end of 2026
- US$150 million
- needed for Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ operations in 2026
Myanmar is facing the ?worst humanitarian crisis in its recent history, with over 16 million people needing assistance.
A? political crisis, conflict, economic downturn, pre-existing poverty, and climate-related shocks are all driving the hunger emergency, compounded by a devastating earthquake in March 2025 and significant cuts in humanitarian assistance. Communities are now being hit by renewed hardship, with the effects of the ongoing Middle East crisis on fuel, food and fertilizer prices pushing vulnerable families closer to hunger. Meanwhile, almost 1.2 million Rohingya refugees from Myanmar remain in Bangladesh.
A total of 12.4 million people face acute hunger in 2026, with 1 million at emergency levels, while 400,000 young children and mothers are suffering from acute malnutrition.
The Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ (Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ) is the leading humanitarian organization in Myanmar, providing life-saving food and cash assistance as well as school meals, nutrition support to mothers and young children, and community resilience initiatives.
However, a rapid rise in humanitarian needs is outpacing available funding, threatening hundreds of thousands of lives. Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ can target just 1.5 million of the 12.4 million people in need in 2026, and requires US$150 million to provide this support.
When Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ has sufficient funding, we can also build people¡¯s resilience to extreme weather events and other shocks, and reduce the need for future humanitarian assistance ¡ª for example through building community assets such as roads and flood-protection dykes.
What the Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ is doing to respond to the Myanmar emergency
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Emergency response
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Âé¶¹ÊÓÆµ reached more than 1 million people with life-saving food and critical nutrition support in 2025. This included food and cash for those affected by a 7.7-magnitude earthquake that struck central Myanmar in March 2025, destroying lives, homes and infrastructure.
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Nutrition
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Resilience
