Since the Cyclone Nargis swept across southern Myanmar on May 3, only ten percent of the urgently needed food and pharmaceuticals have reached the affected regions by now, said Ban Ki-moon, secretary-general of the United Nations. If more help does not arrive immediately, the danger of infectious diseases is dramatically increasing each day. Given that, Ban Ki-moon addressed the country’s government as follows: “I call, in the most strenuous terms, on the government of Myanmar [Burma] to put its people’s lives first. It must do all it can to prevent this disaster from becoming even more serious.” (Further reading on Financial Times, May 13th 2008)
The UN WFP already managed to distribute food aid in the country. Last weekend, on Saturday May 11, they continued with their help and spread rice and 38 tons of high-energy-biscuits to the worst affected parts of Irrawaddy delta. Please have a look at the recovery efforts and latest news .
We’ll keep you posted about how SAP will support the affected people in Myanmar, later on this blog.
