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Joint Appeal For Contributions Chambers for COVID Crisis Care
Myanmar is facing a medical disaster as the Covid-19 delta variant rages through the population. In June 2021, the number of confirmed cases doubled every week, and the number of deaths has quadrupled. This trend has been continuing in July 20211 and is showing no signs of slowing.
To coordinate and enhance this, foreign Chambers, together with Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, have joined forces to respond to the needs of Myanmar’ COVID third wave. The goal of this coordinated effort is to mobilize resources from the international private sector as quickly as possible to help the people of Myanmar with the devastating impact of COVID-19, and facilitate information sharing on support activities and needs, due diligence etc.
Introduction
Myanmar is facing a medical disaster as the Covid-19 delta variant ragesthrough the population. In June 2021, the number of confirmed cases doubled every week, and the number of deaths has quadrupled. This trend has been continuing in July 20211 and is showing no signs of slowing.
As can be seen from media reports, medical staff, volunteers and associations are all working without rest, and with extremely limited resources that are insufficient to respond to the emergency health needs of the population. ICUs and clinics are overwhelmed, and patients are dying at home. Crematoria are overwhelmed.
The private sector in Myanmar is already contributing to the effort to save lives. This includes international companies, who are keen to support the emergency response. They are well-positioned to respond in kind and cash, particularly by ensuring access to live-saving equipment at reasonable cost through its global sourcing operations. Private sector donations can also kickstart and supplement humanitarian funds from donor governments.
To coordinate and enhance this, foreign Chambers, together with Myanmar Centre for Responsible Business, have joined forces to respond to the needs of Myanmar’ COVID third wave. The goal of this coordinated effort is to mobilise resources from the international private sector as quickly as possible to help the people of Myanmar with the devastating impact of COVID-19, and facilitate information sharing on support activities and needs, due diligence etc.
This joint initiative has been launched by AmCham Myanmar, CCI France Myanmar and MCRB in a first time, but will be open to any other Chamber and organization which would like to join forces to contribute to the project in the future.
This is a not-for-profit project! Donations may cover some costs, but no stakeholder should make a profit.
We need support from our member companies to make this happen!
You can contribute in various ways:
You can contribute in various ways:
Donations to:
- An immediate crowdsourced response to quickly address specific requests (‘Phase 1’)
- An established funding mechanism in cooperation with development partners to sustain future long-term operations (‘Phase 2’)
In-kind support whether to the Chambers’ activity or those of other organizations, such as:
- a. Procurement services
- b. International logistics to import the equipment to Myanmar
- c. Domestic logistics to distribute it to our partners on the ground in Myanmar
- d. Medical equipment, treatments and pharmaceuticals, …
- e. Free storage, especially cold storage for medicine
- f. Free training, maintenance, support for staff on the ground
- g. Provision of space for, or payment of rent for, local breathing assistance centers.
- h. Other pro-bono expertise and services, including medical advice, comms/website, …
To make a donation, to offer pro bono services or for more information, please contact:
Mr. Guillaume REBIERE Executive Director - CCI France Myanmar +95 9 789 305 746 / +66 8 86 06 75 07 director@ccifrance-myanmar.org
Your company can also provide direct support to organisations which are active on the ground. We will research and provide details of these on an ongoing basis, working with humanitarian agencies.
For more detailed information