Cyclone Nargis...Life after Match

Three weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar, the death toll has reached at least 134,000 dead and missing, but aid has barely begun to arrive to the more than two million Burmese in need of shelter and food. And a clear picture of the assistance needed is still hard to get as the ruling junta restricts access to the hardest-hit Irrawaddy delta and puts hurdles to the delivery of international aid. The common scene today is hundred thousands of Burmese people wait along the road in the delta to get the relief from private donors. These private donors said “We will not wait and see our people died like our government”. On the other hand survivors in the remote area in Bogalay and Labutta start to make their own shelters and find anything that can eatable. As the major populations in the Irrawaddy delta are Christian Karen, they are ignored by junta. In Labutta, soldier asked these people to play lottery if they want food. The prize is one egg and a potato. With vital crops destroyed and food prices spiraling, observers are beginning to wonder if Burma’s generals may also now be threatened by the winds of political change. A local aids worker said “Our government just a lie to the outside world”.

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