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Myanmar Earthquake 2025

UNDP is actively collaborating with partners and UN agencies to support recovery efforts, bringing hope and support to communities in need.

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Stories & Blogs

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Stories
From Code to Crops: Myanmar’s Young Innovators Are Building a Climate-Resilient Future 

Equipped with AI skills and driven by purpose, Myanmar’s young innovators are building solutions for climate resilience and redefining what comes next. 

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Rebuilding from the Ground Up in Myanmar

A year after the earthquake, recovery is taking shape not only in what has been rebuilt, but in how communities are reconnecting.

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Stories
One Year On, Planting the First Steps of Recovery in Myanmar

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Blog
Recovery Works Best When Communities Lead

A year after the earthquake, recovery in Myanmar is fragile but ongoing, driven by communities rebuilding their lives with UNDP's support.

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Stories
Blossoming Futures: Women Farmers in Myanmar Turn Flowers into Livelihoods

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Interview

Q&A

Recovery Works Best When Communities Lead

One year after the earthquake, Myanmar’s recovery remains fragile, but communities are leading the rebuilding efforts. In this interview, Norimasa Shimomura, the UNDP Myanmar Resident Representative, shares insights on how prioritizing local needs is strengthening the reconstruction and making it more sustainable.

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News & Updates

Press Releases
Republic of Korea and UNDP Partner to Support Earthquake-Affected Communities in Myanmar

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News
Statement on the Integrated Protected Area Land and Seascape Management in Tanintharyi (Ridge to Reef) Project

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Press Releases
Urban Poverty Rises and Deepens Significantly in Myanmar, Warns UNDP

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Press Releases
Urgent removal of at least 2.5 million tonnes of debris needed in Myanmar following earthquake, says UNDP

New UNDP remote sensing analysis shows massive, immediate reconstruction is vital in Myanmar due to widespread damage to homes, hospitals, and critical…

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News
Building Resilience Amidst Natural Disasters: UNDP's Role in Disaster Risk Reduction

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Our
mission

UNDP works in about 170 countries and territories, helping to eradicate poverty, reduce inequalities and exclusion, and build resilience so countries can sustain progress. As the UN’s development agency, UNDP plays a critical role in helping countries achieve the Sustainable Development Goals.

Our impact

80,000

flood-affected

people received cash and in-kind support

4

reports

released on the social, economic and gender impacts of the military takeover and COVID-19

150,000

people

in 6 Rakhine townships benefited from livelihood support

100

young people

received vocational training and immediate job matching

20

partner CSOs

working with UNDP in 133 of the 330 Myanmar townships

100,000

people

in urban Yangon received food and clean drinking water from community volunteers