Cyclone Nargis

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Convoy of Hope responds to natural disasters in Myanmar and China

June 4, 2008 -- SPRINGFIELD, MISSOURI

A Convoy of Hope (COH) team is currently managing its Myanmar disaster response effort from Bangkok, Thailand.

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May 21, 2008 -- MYANMAR (BURMA)

Tearfund partner agencies bring relief in Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis

More than two weeks after Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta was smashed by Cyclone Nargis the stories of those whose lives have been torn apart still surface as relief teams reach communities.

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Photo: Homes destroyed by Cyclone Nargis - photo credit: Htien Win

May 20, 2008 -- MYANMAR/BURMA

GFA Relief Shipment Received in Yangon

Gospel for Asia’s first shipment of cyclone relief supplies has arrived in Myanmar (Burma) and has been received by GFA/Believers Church officials.

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May 18, 2008 -- UNITED NATIONS

UN Chief Going to Myanmar to Discuss Cyclone Aid

U.N. Secretary-General Ban Ki-Moon will travel to Myanmar this week in an attempt to speed up troubled aid operations for victims of the devastating cyclone that hit earlier this month, his spokeswoman said Sunday.

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May 16, 2008 -- MYANMAR (BURMA)

Christian human rights organization condemns Myanmar referendum result

The ruling military junta in cyclone-ravaged Myanmar, formerly known as Burma, has claimed that 99 percent of the electorate turned out to vote in the referendum that was held on May 10...

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May 14, 2008 -- MYANMAR

Situation Remains Critical for Cyclone-Devastated Children and Families in Myanmar

World Vision has been working around the clock to assist more than 100,000 children and adults with essentials like water, clothing, and temporary shelters.

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May 10, 2008 -- BURMA (MYANMAR)

Burma’s dictators make propaganda out of suffering

Burma's military regime is distributing international aid ptoday (May 10). But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise, say news...

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May 9, 2008 -- SAULT STE. MARIE, MICHIGAN

Christian Freedom International dispatches aid into cyclone-devastated Burma despite food aid confiscation by Myanmar government forces

A Michigan-based humanitarian organization is embarking on a unique mission to get desperately needed relief aid into cyclone-ravaged Burma despite government confiscation of relief at the international airport in Rangoon.

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May 9, 2008 -- YANGON, MYANMAR (RANGOON, BURMA)

GFA Missionaries Seeking Cyclone Survivors

Gospel for Asia missionaries and local church leaders moved out from Yangon (Rangoon) Thursday morning to go into Myanmar’s cyclone-devastated villages and search for survivors, according to a GFA correspondent inside the ravaged country.

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May 8, 2008 -- BOONE, NORTH CAROLINA

Samaritan’s Purse mobilizes team from six countries to aid survivors of Myanmar Cyclone

In what is being described as possibly the world’s deadliest storm of the 21st century, Cyclone Nargis swept through Myanmar affecting what the United Nations estimates to be 1 million people.

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May 8, 2008 -- MYANMAR (BURMA)

Disaster relief group with good contacts on the ground in Myanmar gearing up for humanitarian relief efforts

In 2000 the World Health Organization ranked Myanmar s overall health care system as the second worst in the world. With the occurrence of Cyclone Nargis, that health system in under enormous pressure.

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May 8, 2008 -- CHARLESTON, SOUTH CAROLINA

Water Missions International prepares water purification systems to aid cyclone survivors in Myanmar

Help for the survivors of Cyclone Nargis is on the way from Water Missions International (WMI).

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May 8, 2008 -- MYANMAR

Visa Delays Stall Myanmar (Burma) Relief Efforts

The death toll from Myanmar s Cyclone Nargis could climb steeply unless aid agencies get into the country quickly and get clean drinking water and shelter to tens of thousands of traumatized survivors.

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Photo: Residents line up to get drinking water in Yangon, Myanmar

May 8, 2008 -- BURMA (MYANMAR)

Reaching out to Cyclone Survivors

A Gospel for Asia Bible college in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar), is now a makeshift shelter for those devastated by Cyclone Nargis, which swept across the country early Saturday morning.

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May 8, 2008 -- RANGOON, BURMA (YANGON, MYANMAR)

Surviving Cyclone Nargis

James Pinglay, the teenage son of a Gospel for Asia missionary in Kerala, India, was at GFA’s Bible college in Rangoon, Burma (Yangon, Myanmar) when Cyclone Nargis hit the country Saturday...

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May 8, 2008 -- LONDON, UK

(Myanmar) Burma: CSW Concerned Referendum Going Ahead Despite Cyclone Destruction

Christian Solidarity Worldwide (CSW) today (May 6, 2008) raised deep concerns that the planned referendum on a new constitution for Burma (Myanmar) has only been postponed in the areas of the country worst affected by the cyclone...

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May 7, 2008 -- WORLD VISION INTERNATIONAL

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Myanmar: World Vision responding to devastating cyclone

Tropical cyclone Nargis has claimed thousands of lives in Myanmar, triggering a full-scale response by World Vision. According to state media, more than 22,000 are dead and more than 41,000 are missing...

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May 7, 2008 -- COLORADO SPRINGS, COLORADO

Mission Groups Reach Out to Cyclone Survivors in Myanmar

Mission organizations and aid agencies are gearing up to bring relief to the survivors of Myanmar after the devastation wreaked by Cyclone Nargis.

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May 7, 2008 -- MYANMAR

Junta Says Myanmar Cyclone Death Toll Reaches 10,000

The death toll from the tropical cyclone that slammed into Myanmar three days ago rose to 10,000, according to the military government, making the storm Southeast Asia s deadliest natural disaster since the 2004 tsunami.

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Photo: Devastation in Yangon, Myanmar.

(Democratic Voice of Burma via Bloomberg News)

May 5, 2008 -- BANGKOK, THAILAND

Hundreds Feared Dead in Myanmar Cyclone; Relief Agencies Ready to Respond

As many as 350 people are feared dead after a tropical cyclone with winds up to 150 miles per hour slammed into Myanmar over the weekend, according to local media reports.

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Photo: Cyclone Devastation in Myanmar (AFP/Getty Images.)