More than a week since a 7.7 magnitude earthquake struck Myanmar, turning buildings into concrete mortuaries where many of the 3,500 confirmed casualties still lie entombed, families do not yet know whether loved ones are among them.

As civil war-torn Myanmar struggles to recover from a devastating earthquake, the United States is facing criticism that it has abandoned the country in its hour of need – and is ceding global leadership on disaster response to its rivals.

A ten-member volunteer team from UNITED SIKHS Malaysia, has been deployed to Mandalay, Myanmar to provide aid to victims of the devastating earthquake that recently struck the region. WATCH MORE: SUB