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International Rescue Committee Mobilises More Emergency Teams for Myanmar; Warns of Massive Health Disaster Unless Aid Reaches Cyclone Survivors Fast
10 May 2008 18:49:00 GMT
Source: International Rescue Committee UK
International Rescue Committee emergency team members have arrived in Myanmar and four additional teams are on standby for deployment to the region as the IRC prepares for a possible outbreak of water ...

CARE FINDS MISERY AND DEVASTATION IN THE IRRAWADDY DELTA
10 May 2008 13:32:00 GMT
Source: CARE International Secretariat
10 MAY, 2008: CARE's emergency assessment teams have returned to Yangon from Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region with reports of massive destruction. 'Whole towns and villages have been completely ...

Christian Aid delivers aid to 100,000 people in Burma
10 May 2008 12:33:00 GMT
Source: Christian Aid - UK
An update on what Christian Aid is doing in Burma: Christian Aid is distributing water purification tablets, blankets and medicines to 100,000 people. Supplies are being sourced from within Burma, ...

Burma: Action Against Hunger (ACF) sends 40 tons of aid and six additional aid workers
10 May 2008 11:48:00 GMT
Source: Action Against Hunger - UK
Today, a team of six additional staff will arrive in Rangoon and join Action Against Hunger's teams already on the ground. A plane carrying 40 tons of Action Against Hunger food and relief items is ...

Direct Relief Still Pursuing Routes For Aid, Mapping Myanmar's Healthcare Network
10 May 2008 03:27:00 GMT
Source: Direct Relief International (DRI) - USA

Direct Relief is continuing to reach out to its network of partner clinics and regional associations in and around Myanmar, including the exploration of logistical routes for medical material aid. ...

Gates Foundation awards $1 million to World Vision for Emergency Relief Efforts in Myanmar
10 May 2008 00:39:00 GMT
Source: World Vision - USA
SEATTLE, May 9, 2008 - Humanitarian agency World Vision today announced a $1 million grant from the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to support its emergency relief response to last weekend's ...