It’s rice planting season here in Myanmar and, two months after Cyclone Nargis, many of the more able-bodied survivors are experiencing a sense of urgency to get their rice crops started. If they can plant quickly, they have much better likelihood of reestablishing their homes and their lives, hopefully harvesting rice in 6 months rather [...]
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This bad road makes the village even more distant from the outside world. Along the road people are waiting for someone who will drive them somewhere. They had to leave their homes. There is no doubt, if they told you their story the cyclone would be the reason and I am sure [...]
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Report for relief Trip #9 conducted on Saturday, 31 May to Kyonda area (Taw Chike Village) Photos of trip #9 On this trip we used boats to reach villages that were inaccessible by road. We confirmed once again that the “official” aid effort is concentrated on large towns; little to no aid is getting to the more [...]
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Gitameit Volunteer Meditation center, Pagoda in Hlaing Thaya I think our method of providing aid is effective only because the abbot supervised our activities. We should continue to visit this location in the future. Shwe Pauk Kan The refugee camp is not so far from the city. So the situation doesn’t seem so bad. I don’t think their spirits [...]
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Good morning to you. I received 3750 water purifying tablets and some pills for indigestion and diarrhea from Gitameit. Thanks to everyone indeed! The trip was a success. Gitameit staff shared knowledge which is very important for the work we are doing now. They provided a set of questions to ask [...]
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Thank you all for your hard work and willingness to circulate our Myanmar Relief efforts to your friends and family. The $1 million dollar goal is so near…. $710,000 has been achieved since we began on May 8th. In a flash, what CW Asia Fund has accomplished since we returned home from SE Asia on May [...]
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It’s time for an update from Myanmar. I’ve been discouraged to see the type of coverage coming out of CNN and BBC and others regarding relief efforts underway there. And despite the fact that I am in the US, I’m still in daily contact with our people in Yangon, and therefore may be able [...]
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Photos of this trip | more photos from this project Report for relief Trip No. 8 conducted on Friday, May 23rd to Letkokkon area It has been more than 20 days after the cyclone hit the city of Rangoon, and on the surface everything looks like it is going back to normal. However, in areas outside the [...]
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This is 53 minutes of unbelievable video footage taken and edited together by Burmese citizens. The first 6 and a half minutes was filmed during Cyclone Nargis, and the rest was filmed in the days following the cyclone. The areas in the video that have been completely destroyed are Laputta and Bokalay. The [...]
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Message from an Aid Worker Thanks so much for your support. On Saturday, May 17 we conducted our 7th Relief Trip so far. This one was to the area around Letkokkon. Although we still weren’t quite able to make it to Letkokkon itself, because of washed out bridges, we got farther than last time and reached [...]
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