A report from Action Aid on the Progress of Relief Aid today. This report covers aid from a selection of groups going out to 300,000 people. But remember, the United Nations has said that from 1.2 to 1.9 million were “severely affected”. This report, however, only covers relief agencies being supported by the U.K. based Disasters Emergency Committee. The people being helped by other agencies mentioned in this blog are not tabulated here.
Additionally, after receiving visa clearance for aid workers, the first direct aid flights are arriving from the U.K. and Germany. This could indicate that the visa log-jam has eased and more aid workers will start to enter in larger numbers. In evidence of this an additional 34 visas were issued to U.N. officials.
With ten Red Cross flights carrying emergency relief supplies already landed and a further seven set to land before Friday, aid continues to arrive into Myanmar (Burma).
Teams from Save the Children have now reached over… 100,000 people who were affected by the deadly Cyclone Nargis. Relief supplies have reached 80,000 people around Yangon and 20,000 in the Irrawaddy delta.
The Red Cross have reached 80,000 people with vital supplies. By Friday, the fifteen Red Cross flights are set to have delivered 130 tonnes of aid, including 20,000 mosquito nets, 2,450 tarpaulins and almost 15,000 jerry cans.
Merlin has distributed 600 gallons of chlorinated water to 12,500 people in two villages in Laputta township, which have no access to clean water and are completely isolated. Health staff have also treated hundreds of patients at the clinic in Laputta for burns and injuries caused by the cyclone and diarrhoea caused by contaminated water.
CARE International have already delivered water to 10,000 people and reached a further 3,000 with food. Plans are currently underway to bring in emergency supplies to assist a further 260,000 people.
World Vision are currently distributing aid to 78,000 people and are today setting up several ’safe zones’ in Yangon for the hundreds of vulnerable children left orphaned by the crisis. The safe zones are supervised by local staff already in the area with the aim of bringing a sense of security and normality for affected children.
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