Survivors of Nargis' onslaught await the arrival relief supplies to help ease their suffering.
The latest UN figures out of cyclone-devastated Myanmar estimate that
up to 2.5 million have been severely affected, with a death toll as
high as 128,000.
World Vision’s national staff
responded to the disaster within 24 hours of the cyclone on May 2.
Since then World Vision has assisted more than 250,000 people in Yangon
and the Irrawaddy Delta.
World Vision will send a team of
international experts into the disaster zone to assist with relief
efforts and to commence rehabilitation and rebuilding. In the next six
months, World Vision plans to reach 450,000 cyclone survivors with the
support they need to rebuild their lives.
Myanmar: Stories of the cyclone Burmese
aid worker Susu Thatun joined the first international World Vision
assessment team to travel into the Irrawaddy Delta. Here she shares
some tragic stories of survival from one of the worst-hit villages they
visited.
Communities are rebuilding with limited resources and great resilience, but the need is still desperate for both relief and livelihood/agriculture rebuilding.
The world has waited for the news that foreign aid workers will be allowed into Myanmar. In the meantime, Burmese relief workers like World Vision's Joy Hla Gyaw have worked non-stop to provide everything within their power to cyclone-affected communities.
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Communities are rebuilding with limited resources and great resilience, but the need is still desperate for both relief and livelihood/agriculture rebuilding.
The world has waited for the news that foreign aid workers will be allowed into Myanmar. In the meantime, Burmese relief workers like World Vision's Joy Hla Gyaw have worked non-stop to provide everything within their power to cyclone-affected communities.
World Vision hopes commitments will turn to practical action for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis.