Support Women's Organizations in Myanmar Relief
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SummaryMADRE is working with grassroots women's organizations in Myanmar to deliver effective long and medium term support to women and children affected by Cyclone Nargis. Photo (c) Luis Rene Ramirez. 
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WhatProject Needs and BeneficiariesMore than a week after tropical Cyclone Nargis struck, the Burmese government finally allowed relief workers into the country, but continued to limit people's access to humanitarian aid. While international aid agencies are hampered, local women's organizations prepare for the long, hard work of post-disaster relief after large agencies have left. ActivitiesMADRE is working with the Women Human Rights Defenders Network and three Burmese women's organizations to reunite families, rebuild shelter, and provide trauma counseling to children. Funding InformationThis project has been retired and is no longer accepting donations. Additional DocumentationResourcesWhyPotential Long Term ImpactPost-disaster relief rarely addresses the unique needs faced by women and children. These organizations will be in Myanmar long after the disaster disappears from headlines, ensuring lasting relief that makes a real difference in the lives of many. Project Message
Funds will be more vitally needed during the medium term: for rebuilding livelihoods, psychosocial care, etc. Donate to cover needs when the rest of the world has moved on to other issues. Who
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This project is located in For more information about Myanmar, read the Human Development Report on Myanmar or the Wikipedia entry for Myanmar. WhenLast UpdatedThis project was last updated on March 18, 2009. Date Added to GlobalGivingThis project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 13, 2008. Latest Update from the FieldReport on Burma Disaster ReliefBy Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, March 18, 2009 12:25 PM
The repeated obstruction of international aid efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis in Burma meant that cyclone survivors lacking access to food, water, sanitation, and shelter relied heavily on monasteries, churches, and NGOs for support. In response to the devastation wrought by the cyclone, MADRE partnered with the Women’s Human Rights Defenders Network and Burmese organizations such as Grassroots Human Rights Education and Development, a coalition of Burmese teachers, workers, and activists that works with the Burmese migrant community in Southern Thailand, to provide emergency support to survivors.
With help from you, MADRE supported teams of volunteers who were able to cross the borders from Thailand and gain access to communities by giving the names and locations of their local relatives. Once inside Burma, volunteers assessed the situation and distributed food, blankets, and clothing in the hardest-hit areas. Volunteers visited communities such as the South Okkalapa Township, where they distributed rice to 120 orphans living in a monastery, and the village of Kyun Gyan Gon, where more than 80% of homes had been destroyed and people had lost almost all of their belongings. We thank the members of the Global Giving community for your support and for sharing our vision of a just world in which human rights are guaranteed. Our work would not be possible without you. |
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