Special Report – With the Refugees in Laputta

please read this report by Aung Thet Wine

It portray the hopeless conditions of a town hit by cyclone Nargis, the suffering of the refugees and the attitude of the international aid organisations.

17th May – Accounts from Inside

From the 2nd donation of S$ 1000 (USD 780 = 820,000 Kts)

Purchase was made on

dried fish(30 viss) and chic pea (60 viss) cost 227,540 Kts

1 viss=1.633 kg

Hire of 2 vehicles to distribute these food, cost 200,000 Kts

to be sent to Maubin monastery shelter, the vehicles are used to assist other groups distributing aid but lack fund to hire vehicles, donation to a monastery in San Chaung, assist a doctor to provide minor medical attention.

The rest will be used for the next day donation round.

Dr. Moe Kaung

Official Deathtoll – 78,000

New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW) urged foreign donors on Friday to closely manage aid deliveries heading into cyclone-affected areas of Burma to ensure supplies are not stolen by the military authorities.

Humanitarian Intervention needed Otherwise Hundred Thousand more will Die

16th May – Accounts from Inside

Monastery shelters in Hlaing TharYar Township