Aid starts to reach Myanmar

Wednesday, May 7, 2008 

Aid has started to reach Myanmar after a recent cyclone in the region killed thousands. This is despite complaints that the government of the country is not allowing aid agencies full access.

	Join the recovery efforts mobilizing around the world to assist cyclone victims in Myanmar. Your donation to either of these organizations will help survivors of the cyclone and other natural disasters rebuild their communities, and their lives.
—Google

Large companies, including Google, have tried to encourage people to donate to aid agencies. On its website, Google wrote, "join the recovery efforts mobilizing around the world to assist cyclone victims in Myanmar. Your donation to either of these organizations will help survivors of the cyclone and other natural disasters rebuild their communities, and their lives."

Government officials in Myanmar have said that 22,464 people have been confirmed dead from Cyclone Nargis.

Only once the rescue workers reached the most hard hit areas of the storm did they begin to realize the damage that had taken place. At least 10,000 people died in one town alone, Bogalay in the Pyapon District of Myanmar.

Hundreds of thousands are homeless and another three thousand have been injured by the storm. Drinking water is contaminated and food is becoming scarce as the United Nations (U.N.) and other organizations try to get supplies to the region.

Sources

• "Aid arriving in cyclone-hit Burma" — BBC News Online, May 7, 2008
• "Support disaster relief in Myanmar (Burma)" — Google, Retrieved May 7, 2008
• "Myanmar state radio says cyclone death toll soars above 22,000" — Associated Press, May 6, 2008
• "Myanmar state radio says cyclone death toll soars above 22,000" — Associated Press, May 6, 2008
• "Cyclone in Myanmar kills at least 15,000" — United Press international, May 5, 2008
• Aung Hla Tun. "Myanmar says cyclone death toll 15,000 and set to rise" — Washington Post, May 5, 2008