We will help, President Donald Trump said from the Oval Office on March 28.
President Donald Trump's announcement came after Myanmar's ruling military leader Min Aung Hlaing called on the international community to support post-terrestrical damage.
According to new analysis from the Global Development Center, Myanmar is struggling to cope after the Trump administration cut about $52 million in funding from USAID to Myanmar. International organizations said that the impact of the major earthquake on March 28 will be more serious when the country loses aid.
"This earthquake happened at a time when Myanmar couldn't be worse," said Joe Freeman, a researcher at the International Justice Organization in Myanmar.
More than three million people have been displaced by armed conflicts since the military coup in 2021. More than a third of the population will need humanitarian assistance this year. At the same time, the impact of US aid cuts on humanitarian services in Myanmar is just getting started," he noted.
Arif Khan - Myanmar's national director of the non-profit organization CARE - said: "This strong earthquake hit a country in crisis, with 19.9 million people in need of humanitarian assistance".
According to the head of Myanmar's military government, at least 144 people died and more than 730 were injured in the 7.7 Richter earthquake that occurred on March 28.
