Locally Based Relief Agency Responds To Myanmar Cyclone
Posted: 5:06 pm PDT May 5, 2008Updated: 5:34 pm PDT May 5, 2008
BANGKOK, Thailand -- World Vision, a relief organization from Federal Way, will provide assistance to those in need after the Myanmar cyclone, according to KIRO-7 Eyewitness NewsThe government of Myanmar invited World Vision to provide assistance in the form of Zinc sheets, tents, tarpaulins and medicine.The agency is coordinating with authorities to explore an airlift of emergency supplies into the country from one of its global warehouses.World Vision deployed assessment teams to the hardest-hit areas to determine the most urgent needs.The agency is already providing clothing (sarongs and T-shirts) as well as tarpaulins and blankets to 100 households in the capital, along with 10,000 kg of rice and 7,000 liters of water.World Vision estimates that up to 2 million people may be affected by the cyclone and that shelter and water are the most urgent needs.The organization has several community development programs in areas hit by the path of the storm.World Vision has appealed for $3 million in global donations to provide aid.
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