Hello all,
By now I'm sure you have heard all about the cyclone that recently hit Myanmar (also known as Burma). The situation is absolutely horrendous, with the official death toll up to 22 000 and over 1.5 million more homeless, starving, and stranded in floodwaters.
The UN is describing the situation as "apocalyptic", and warning that this may turn out to be actually worse than the 2004 tsunami. Today the UN launched a "flash appeal" for $189 million in emergency relief funds.
The majority of survivors have received little or no emergency aid, partly because the Burmese government is not allowing international relief workers into the country. Today things reached a pinnacle of insanity when the government actually confiscated a shipment of food from the UN's World Food Program.
I'm hoping that you will take a moment to consider doing whatever you can to help the people of Myanmar, who desperately need our help even though their government doesn't want to let us help them. (Follow the link) for some ideas that have been passed on to me, please pass them on to anyone you can think of.
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