Aid agencies were kept waiting for Burma visas
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Two UN aid organizations and a Red Cross/Red Crescent group were reportedly kept waiting for visas which would allow them to begin providing aid in Burma after catastrophic cyclones hit the country on May 2nd and 3rd.
The generals who rule the country made a plea for international help, but did not ease the normally stringent negotiation process to actually grant access to enter the country. As a result, the aid workers were delayed in getting assistance to the people by the government that had asked them to come.
The generals who rule the country made a plea for international help, but did not ease the normally stringent negotiation process to actually grant access to enter the country. As a result, the aid workers were delayed in getting assistance to the people by the government that had asked them to come.
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- Tori
- 10 days ago
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Times Online are reporting that foreign aid workers in Burma have concluded that the death toll will be more like 50,000 after Saturday's cyclone.
They also estimate that somewhere between two and three million are homeless.
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why did it take rambo to inform us about burma?
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I can't believe the Burmese government doesn't realize that it could really use the free help being offered by these good relief organizations.
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Don't Forget Burma is a site close to the heart of Current's philosphy--just because the spotlight fades doesn't mean there is no story there. Continue to support the Burmese people, especially during their current crises.
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Check this out:
"Devastation and death has been the result of a tropical cyclone making landfall in Myanmar. Formerly known as Burma, Myanmar's (military) government is scrambling to provide clean water, food and medical care to its citizens while the fatality toll, calculated damages and injured/missing numbers continue to increase. Many countries have answered the call to action and are coordinating a global effort to aid one of the worlds most impoverished nations."
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The U.N.'s World Food Program said international aid began to flow, with 800 tons of food getting through to the first of nearly 1 million people left homeless by the cyclone.
Concerns mounted over the lack of food, water and shelter in the delta region and adjacent Yangon, where nearly a quarter of Myanmar's 57 million people live, as well as the spread of disease in a country with one of the world's worst health systems.
"Our biggest fear is that the aftermath could be more lethal than the storm itself," said Caryl Stern, who heads the U.N. Children's Fund in the United States
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- clarity_kat
- 10 days ago
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I cant believe this! America jumps at the opportunity to help Burma, but where were we a few weeks ago when Haiti was starving?
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- RoBot_rOcKer
- 9 days ago
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I did hear on Radio 4 this morning that Burma almost immediately accepted aid from its neighbours, like Thailand.
It's just western aid the Junta was cautious with. They also said that paperwork in Burma can be a nightmare at the best of times. -
RoBot - I know right? Haiti is right across the damned street.
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its a much worse problem then it seems.
it does not simply stop at Haiti America wont give aid to alot of countries that we cannot profit off of.
just look at africa and south america.
whatever America cannot exploit America ignores.-
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- RoBot_rOcKer
- 8 days ago
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You can look through a fairly comprehensive list of organizations involved in the relief effort in Myanmar here:
interaction.org/burma
Some are on the ground already and have done their paperwork. Others have links to local organizations.
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- BlueDotProdux
- 8 days ago
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I think I heard that aid is starting to get in except ours, and they may not want our help. Could be wrong, anyone else hear about that?
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- Marilynn_Murray
- 8 days ago
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Burma (Myanmar) is the largest Amphetamine producer in Asia. sitting between two major precursor chemical producers, India and China.
They don't want foreigners in there. Hmm, I wonder why. Their referendum is a joke, they're supplying the world with drugs and they have civil rights violations galore, I'm sure.
Here's why they don't want anyone coming in there.
But they'll gladly accept the world's money. Great idea, send aid in the form of emergency workers and DEA agents. What do you think?
Sorry for cynicism, I don't mean to downplay the suffering of the people but the gov't there is just making everything worse.
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