Yangon :: Myanmar
| 27 days ago
There is an acute lack of clean water and growing fears of food shortages, while thousands remain living in makeshift shelters. And on top of that, there are increasing reports of human rights abuses. "The Burmese military's obsession with control is...
Tags: cyclone, farmers, food shortage, human rights, recovery, coast, after, long, crop, aid
Savé :: Benin
| 28 days ago
Six months after Cyclone Nargis, inhabitants of the devastated regions of Burma are still struggling to survive, with many reliant on relief supplies from such aid organizations as the UN World Food Programme, Médecins sans Frontières and Save the Children.
Tags: cyclone, aid, Burma
Yangon :: Myanmar
| 29 days ago
While planning for longer-term solutions, the agency has helped nearly 400,000 children in 2,500 schools in the devastated country by providing essential learning kits, school kits for teachers and psychological training to help children cope with the...
Tags: cyclone, recovery, after, aid, storm, long, Cyclone Nargis, Myanmar, cyclone nargis
Yangon :: Myanmar
| about 1 month ago
Six months after Cyclone Nargis lashed Myanmar (also known as Burma), the initial despair over the ruling junta's inaction has been replaced by cautious optimism that more aid is reaching the country's needy. Despite enormous obstacles after the May 2...
Tags: cyclone, aid, Cyclone Nargis, Burma, Myanmar
Yangon :: Myanmar
| about 1 month ago
The storm also flooded low-lying areas, contaminating wells, containment ponds and rivers. Salinity of these traditional sources of drinking water remains high. As the dry season begins this month in Myanmar, families will have few options for obtaining...
Tags: cyclone, delta, aid
Yangon :: Myanmar
| about 1 month ago
Myanmar has targeted to build up to60,000 low-cost houses for homeless cyclone victims in Ayeyawaddy and Yangon divisions hit by cyclone Nargis in early last May, a local weekly reported Tuesday. The low-cost housing projects have been implemented by...
Tags: myanmar, cyclone, Pyi Myanmar, Myanmar-Guangdong Music Band, cost housing
Jakarta :: Indonesia
| about 1 month ago
A new report launched on Thursday reveals that Burma's military rulers have abused the rights of victims of Cyclone Nargis by blocking aid supplies, among other wrongdoings. The report, entitled 'Post-Nargis Analysis: The Other Side of the Story,' was...
Tags: burma, cyclone, aid, Burma Medical Association, Burma Partnership, Myanmar, rights abuses, climate change
Yangon :: Myanmar
| 2 months ago
Away from public view, Myanmar has opened up to global-relief efforts to an unprecedented degree after initially thwarting foreign attempts to help victims of a devastating cyclone last spring, a U.S. relief agency said in a report issued today. The May...
Tags: cyclone, aid, cyclone nargis, Cyclone Nargis
Yangon :: Myanmar
| 3 months ago
Thai entrepreneurs investing in Myanmar will hold market festival in Yangon later this month to raise relief funds for the country's cyclone survivors, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday. In cooperation with the Thai Embassy, the activity will...
Tags: cyclone, aid
Yangon :: Myanmar
| 3 months ago
The United Nations and Myanmar have resolved a problem with distorted official exchange rates that led to U.N. losses of more than $1.5 million in the delivery of aid to survivors of Cyclone Nargis. U.N. officials said on Monday the military government...
Tags: myanmar, cyclone, aid, U.N., Myanmar
