What
Project Needs and Beneficiaries
More 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.
Activities
MADRE 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 Information
Total Funding Received to Date: $8,341
Remaining Goal to be Funded: $21,659
Total Funding Goal: $30,000
Additional Documentation
Resources
Why
Potential Long Term Impact
Post-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.
- Mary Jane Real, Coordinator, Women Human Rights Defenders Network
Who
ContactVivian Stromberg,Executive Director 121 West 27th Street, #301 New York, NY 10001 United States 212-627-0444 Email: Project SponsorMADRE |
Organization
Learn more about MADRE, An International Women's Human Rights Org. and the project team. |
Where
Country
This project is located in 
Myanmar
and can also be found under 
Women and Girls.
For more information about Myanmar, read the Human Development Report on Myanmar or the Wikipedia entry for Myanmar.
When
Last Updated
This project was last updated on June 05, 2008.
Date Added to GlobalGiving
This project was added to the GlobalGiving project catalog on May 13, 2008.
Latest Update from the Field
On the ground in Burma
By Vivian Stromberg - Executive Director, June 05, 2008 04:59 PM
More than a month after Cyclone Nargis, Burma’s ruling military junta (the SPDC) has allowed only a few international aid agencies to distribute relief items to survivors. Moreover, because the SPDC is confiscating and selling humanitarian supplies, it is estimated that only 25% of international aid is actually reaching those who need it the most.
While the operations of most large aid agencies are still grounded at the borders, the networks of Burmese women supported by MADRE have been mobilized since day one of the crisis, offering relief on a person-to-person basis.
MADRE is partnering with the Women’s League of Burma, the Shan Women Action Network, and the Migrants Assistance Programme. Our partners tell us of a ruined harvest, skyrocketing food prices, forced evacuations of public sanctuaries, bodies in the streets, and hordes of traumatized children roaming unaccompanied from village to village.
The women know that orphans are easy prey for human traffickers. One of MADRE’s primary objectives, therefore, is sheltering these children until safe and legitimate adoption systems can be established.
Women working with MADRE found an orphaned toddler several days after the cyclone in a remote village along the Burmese-Thai border. He was all alone, hungry and traumatized; the women didn’t even know his name. But thanks to them, he is now being cared for and loved. Thanks to them, this child will not become a statistic. Today, he is being nursed back to health as MADRE’s partners work day and night to locate his family.
With your support, we can protect many more children in similar situations. Please continue to give to MADRE in support of women and families in cyclone-ravaged Burma.
