When a powerful earthquake struck Myanmar in March 2025, Wai, a 29-year-old mother of two, could no longer support her family through her tailoring work just as food and water prices rose.
Wai accessed 360,000 MMK – around £100 – to spend according to her family’s needs from the humanitarian and girls’ rights organisation Plan International. She used it to buy rice, cooking oil and household items, and begin rebuilding the tailoring work she had relied on before the disaster.
