Posted by The IRC on 7 May, 2008
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“Just imagine the horror of watching whole villages completely submerged and swept away. Now the survivors are homeless and desperate. They are seeking shelter in monasteries or just out wandering in search of any form of shelter from the elements. They say bodies are scattered throughout fields, school yards and roads. They have lost so many family members and neighbors and are very very worried about dwindling supplies of food and water.”
- Greg Beck, the International Rescue Committee’s Asia regional director, speaking in Thailand, where he is organizing IRC’s emergency response to the cyclone disaster in Myanmar.
IRC emergency experts have rushed to the region to assess needs and launch lifesaving assistance for survivors. You can donate to IRC’s emergency response here. |
This entry was posted on 7 May, 2008 at 4:43 pm and is filed under Asia, emergencies, howtohelp, news.
Tagged: burma, cyclone, disaster, humanitarian aid, international rescue committee, myanmar, the IRC, typhoon.
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8 May, 2008 at 7:58 am
Do you guys have a widget I can put on a blog to raise money? We have a readership of about 18,000 people a day. We recently raised $15000 for Obama in just over a week, so I am sure we could raise money for you.
I know it would be easy to just send them to your site, but I know that we’d raise more if people could see how the readership of our site are doing, as opposed to throwing all donations in to the same pot. It just makes it more of a challenge!
Anyway, just checking!
8 May, 2008 at 3:39 pm
this is horable and like someone should like do something, and like i live in like a place thats like soooo far away but its like scury out there.
9 May, 2008 at 8:14 pm
Thanks for your comments.
Michael — appreciate your offer to support contributions to IRC’s emergency reponse through your blog. We don’t have a widget at the moment, but will be sure to drop you a line when we do.
Kate (IRC blog moderator)
11 May, 2008 at 12:19 pm
You guys are doing a great job.Thanks for reacting that fast,despite the hitches.Good job,thanks