Aid for Myanmar cyclone victims

Summary

IDE is distributing water storage and treatment, shelter materials, and cash support for food to cyclone victims. Half the funds will be for immediate relief, and half will be reserved for rebuilding.

What is the issue, problem, or challenge?

IDE Myanmar has operations in practically all of the cyclone-affected areas in the Irrawaddy Delta, and is hence positioned well to provide aid where most needed. IDE has targeted 20 township areas containing an estimated 8,000 -9,000 villages. About 125 staff have been mobilized to work in these areas - approximately six per township. The initial focus will be on providing immediate relief but rebuilding the agricultural and food security systems will receive equal priority and attention.

How will this project solve this problem?

Distributing clean water supplies to large groups of homeless survivors; training local groups to set these up themselves; Distributing materials for temporary shelters; providing food and basic necessities to temporary encampments.

Potential Long Term Impact

Project Message

The magnitude of the crisis here is almost unimaginable. Almost two weeks after the cyclone, hundreds and hundreds of devastated but accessible villages are still without food or shelter.
- Jim Taylor, Director of IDE in Myanmar

Additional Documentation

This project has provided additional documentation in a Microsoft Word file (projdoc.doc).

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