Labutta/Cologne. Malteser International is extending its emergency relief in the Irrawaddy Delta. Two mobile medical teams are providing help for the people around the city of Labutta and taking care of the wounded. Very sick patients are being brought to the emergency hospital that Malteser International opened in the coastal city last weekend. "One of the mobile teams takes care of around 8,000 patients that sought refuge in a monastery on the outskirts of Labutta," Roland Hansen, Head of the Asia Department of Malteser International, reports. "The second team is trying to advance to regions that have been inaccessible so far and is taking care of the people living in about 50 camps for internally displaced persons around Labutta."

Today, another transport with relief supplies tries to make its way to the Irrawaddy Delta. Amongst others, it contains medicines and further equipment for the two medical teams, food, mosquito nets, blankets and material for the construction of 100 latrines.

For its emergency relief measures, Malteser International can count on an experienced team with local experts. Very well qualified doctors, nurses and water engineers guarantee that the money donated to Malteser International really reaches the survivors of the cyclone. Many of the staff members have been working for Malteser International for several years and implement projects in the health and water sector in different regions of Myanmar. Their network of contacts in the disaster region allows them to purchase the relief goods on the ground and distribute them to the people in need without intervention by the authorities.

The work of Malteser International is supported by the Federal Foreign Office of Germany and by Caritas. Nevertheless, for the continuation and the extension of its work, the organisation is in urgent need of donations! To support the work of Malteser International in Myanmar, please transfer your donations to:

Donation Account 120 120 120 Bank für Sozialwirtschaft, Wörthstr. 15 - 17, D-50668 Köln Sort Code : 370 205 00 IBAN : DE49 3702 0500 0001 0258 01 BIC: BFSWDE33XXX Reference : "Myanmar"

Attention editorial offices: Ingo Radtke, Secretary General of Malteser International, and Roland Hansen, Head of the Asia Department of Malteser International, are available for interviews. Please contact: +49 - 221 9822-213.

Recent photos of the relief activities in Myanmar can be found and downloaded under http://php.malteser.de/cpg133/thumbnails.php?album=198&page=1