Help Children and Families in Myanmar
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Summary
Support Save the Children's urgent relief efforts by helping us provide food, clean water, and supplies for those affected by the cyclone, which has killed thousands and caused extensive damage.
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How Donors Like You Helped
Thanks to donors like you, a total of $11,995 was raised for this project.
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Received $11,995 from 155 donations from people like:
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More Information About this Project
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
Save the Children is providing relief to thousands children and adults in four townships near the city of Yangon. We delivered food, water purification tablets and kits, plastic sheeting and kitchen equipment. We also distributed oral rehydration salts to help combat diarrhea in children, as families were reportedly using flood water and water from lakes for consumption and cooking. We are planning to expand our reach to children and families in six more townships near Yangon.
Activities
We are providing food, water purification tablets, plastic sheeting, kitchen equipment, re-hydration salts for those with diarrhea etc. to thousands people whose homes have been destroyed.
Funding Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $11,995
Funding Information
This project is now in implementation and no longer available for funding.
Received funds will be used to accomplish concrete objectives as
indicated in the project's "Activities" section. Updates will be posted under the
"Progress Report" tab as they become available.
Donors' contributions and pledges to this project totaled $11,995. The original project funding goal was $50,000.
Additional Documentation
This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).
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Why this Project is Important
Potential Long Term Impact
Assistance will be provided to thousands of survivors of Cyclone Nargis that are lacking shelter, drinking water, power and communications.
Project Message
Save the Children is mobilizing its staff of 500 employees in 35 offices across the affected region to assist vulnerable children and families who have lost their homes in this most recent disaster.
- Ned Olney, Save the Children’s VP for International Programs
When this Project was Updated
Last Updated
This project was last updated on May 13, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 07, 2008.
Latest Update from the Field
Myanmar Update 5/12/2008
By Courtney Williams - Manager Corporate Partnerships, May 13, 2008 05:19 PM
Westport, Conn. (May 11, 2008) As the death toll in Myanmar from Cyclone Nargis continues to climb and with more than 1 million lives in the nation's delta region still at severe risk Save the Children is expanding its relief efforts as it continues to reach tens of thousands of survivors with life-saving materials.
Save the Children has mobilized its large staff of 500 staff members in Myanmar to respond to the emergency and deliver much-needed food, water and other materials both by truck and boat throughout the delta region hit by the cyclone.
Save the Children has reached 100,000 people in three Yangon townships and has distributed 175 tons of relief supplies to other affected families throughout the region. Supplies have included rice, water, oral-rehydration solution, blankets and materials for cooking and shelter.
Save the Children's country director in Myanmar, Andrew Kirkwood, said that the agency's first relief boat reached the delta area of Pyin Kayaing on Sunday. The team distributed rice, water and oral-rehydration solution to 9,400 people, including 2,350 children under 12, in 13 villages. Families in this area are staying in crowded monasteries living in makeshift shelters made from plastic sheeting.
While relief efforts are expanding, staff members warn that clean water remains in short supply and many communities are still isolated and without help. The survival of tens of thousands of children and their families remains in doubt.
Compounding the crisis: Weather forecasts are calling for five days of rain and wind across the zone most affected by the storm.
"Time is of the essence, and we must assist as many people as possible in the coming days," said Ned Olney, Save the Children's vice president for international humanitarian response. "Survivors are facing severe threats to their health from waterborne disease, malaria, from sleeping out in the open and from having to go so many days with little food and water. Already we are seeing numerous cases of diarrhea, a major killer of young children."
Throughout the delta region, many villages have been devastated, with thousands of homes destroyed, and more than 3,000 schools damaged. The low-lying Irawaddy Delta suffered the effects of a sizable storm surge and many areas remain underwater, hampering relief efforts. Much of the delta is reachable only by boat.
"Save the Children is mobilizing its staff many of whom have also had their homes damaged to reach vulnerable children and families in the five hardest-hit districts," said Olney. "Shelter materials, clean water, mosquito nets and emergency health kits are critical needs at this time."
Authorities have declared five regions with an estimated total population of 24 million to be in a state of emergency, including Yangon (Rangoon) Division, Pegu Division, Mon State, Karen State and the Irrawaddy Division. This delta is considered to be the country's rice basket and already, the cost of food has doubled in many markets.
"The impending rainy season is likely to complicate an already desperate situation," said Olney. "The current lack of clean water will directly impact the health of children and their parents. And standing water only increases the possibility of an outbreak of waterborne illness. We need to move aid quickly to alleviate current hardships and mitigate the potential for a greater crisis."
Save the Children has raised $1.5 million in donations and pledges for its response to the cyclone, which struck Myanmar's southwestern coast early on Saturday, May 3. Save the Children worldwide is seeking $10 million in donations for its relief efforts.
Save the Children currently operates programs in all five of the affected regions and has worked in Myanmar since 1995. As one of the largest nongovernmental organizations at work in Myanmar, the agency implements programs focused on early childhood care and development, child survival and child protection. All staff members are safe and accounted for, although their homes and families have been affected.
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