Provide Shelter for Survivors of Myanmar Cyclone
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Summary
CHF International is assessing the most pressing needs of the Burmese people. In the immediate term, we intend to provide shelter, and are examining longer-term livelihoods recovery projects.
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
The full impact of Cyclone Nargis is only now becoming clear. The death toll is currently estimated at 22,500 people with some 41,000 missing, and the number of displaced is estimated between 200,000 and several million people. These numbers are likely to rise in the coming days. Your contribution will help CHF to provide shelter for hundreds of families.
Activities
CHF will build off our past emergency shelter programs—in Peru, Indonesia, and Sri Lanka—by providing shelter solutions, water and sanitation, and livelihoods opportunities to help people get back on their feet.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $13,243
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $36,757
Total Funding Goal: $50,000
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
Resources
Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
We hope to get people into immediate shelter, and as we have in the past, we will focus on longer-term recovery to ensure that people are given the resources to build back better.
Project Message
“Our hearts go out to the millions of people whose lives have been thrown into turmoil as a result of this cyclone."
- Judith Hermanson, Senior Vice President
Who is Running This Project
Contact
Erin Mote,
Manager of Resource Development
8601 Georgia Avenue, Suite 800
Silver Spring, MD 20910
United States
301-587-4700
Email:
Project Sponsor
Organization
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CHF International 8601 Georgia Ave, Suite 800 Silver Spring, MD 20910 United States 301-587-4700 http://www.chfinternational.org |
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Where this Project is Located
Country
This project is located in 
Myanmar
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Health.
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For more information about Myanmar, read the Human Development Report on Myanmar or the Wikipedia entry for Myanmar.
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on May 16, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 06, 2008.
Latest Update from the Field
Latest assessment information and situation update
By Richard Choularton - Director, Office of Humanitarian Assistance, May 16, 2008 10:05 AM
Fortunately, the second tropical storm that was forming near Myanmar has not gained strength, but it’s still raining!
As more information comes, the extent of the damage is becoming clearer. About 12,000 schools have been destroyed and an additional 2,300 schools have lost their roofs. Approximately 50 percent of health centers were damaged, as were 20 percent of hospitals. In the Ayayawaddy Delta, 80 percent of livestock (oxen and buffalos) were killed.
Some progress is being made, especially in terms of establishing the logistics infrastructure provided by as a Logistics Cluster common service. As long as access is granted, within a week much more capacity will be available to humanitarian organizations so that relief supplies can be moved into the affected areas.
Without access to clean water and even basic shelter, the next few weeks will be devastating. It is estimated that up to 2.5 million people are displaced--that would be the largest displacement in the world today.
The CHF team in the region is continuing to work with its partners to develop assessment tools and plans to distribute shelter kits and water/sanitation interventions to help those we can reach as soon as possible.
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