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Myanmar Disaster: “Imagine the Horror”

Posted by The IRC on May 7th, 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.
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This entry was posted on Wednesday, May 7th, 2008 at 4:43 pm and is filed under Asia, emergencies, howtohelp, news. You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed. You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.

9 Responses to “Myanmar Disaster: “Imagine the Horror””

  1. Michael Demmons Says:
    May 8th, 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!

  2. blonddie Says:
    May 8th, 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.

  3. Kate Sands Adams Says:
    May 9th, 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)

  4. Todini Marecha Says:
    May 11th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    You guys are doing a great job.Thanks for reacting that fast,despite the hitches.Good job,thanks

  5. Sakia Says:
    May 12th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

    I’m a burmese living in Indonesia for the last 15 years. It’s horrible to see the suffering of the people in the delta region. If you need volunteer I’d like to join. I can leave at short notice. I have experience in emergency relief activities. Thank you for the good work.

  6. Kate Sands Adams Says:
    May 13th, 2008 at 12:19 pm

    Thanks, Todini Marecha. I’ll share your message with emergency team colleagues in the region.

  7. Kate Sands Adams Says:
    May 13th, 2008 at 12:22 pm

    Sakia, thanks for your interest in volunteering to assist the IRC with emergency relief efforts in Myanmar. Volunteer and job opportunities will be posted on our Web site at http://www.theIRC.org/jobs/.

  8. soe sandi naint (singapore) Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 4:36 am

    than shwe don’t care our people .. he has not heart and brain… he can not understand human language because he is not human
    comment by
    soe sandi naing (singapore)

  9. soe sandi naing Says:
    May 14th, 2008 at 4:39 am

    to us navy,
    we need us navy.we hope us navy and un forces
    soe sandi naing(singapore

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