Friday, May 9, 2008

Blogspot will not be updated info anymore

Please check the cyclonerelief.wordpress.com for further information. We'll keep update information regarding this funding there.
Thanks.

Thursday, May 8, 2008

Aid for Irrawaddy Delta

NyiLynnSeck and team are going to Lubbutta on today and on 13 May.
We're sending S$ 4,000 to their team.
We are going to provide shelter, vaccine and other necessities.
We'll update the information regarding this.

Aids for Irrawaddy Delta





Photos from Lubutta.

Reconsturction Works





Reconstruction works cost around $100 per house and we will be constructing 10 pilot houses in Shwe Pyi Thar. We will be providing photos of them and, with more donations, we plan to reconstruct more houses for the people.

The consturction works will be monitored by HH4NG team.

Foods Distribution




Besides Dala, we will be distributing 0.5 viss of rice per family to the people in Hlaing Thar Yar on May 10th. There are about 3770 families who are homless and starving. They are reported to have only 1 meal in 2 days. The estimated Cost of this donation will be S$ 1,400.

Other local donors are also distributing another 0.5 viss of rice to each family together with our donations.

The distribution process will be taken care by HH4NG members and volunteers from MIT.

Wednesday, May 7, 2008

First Dispatch

We are sending our first batch, 250 bags of rice which will cost about SGD 5,000, to Dala, one of the badly hit areas near Yangon.

The team, Raven Blood Donor Club, is taking care of the distribution of rice bags to the area.
Distribution will be planned on 10 May 2008. We will update the photos and details in a few days time.

Next, we will be looking into:

- setting up water supply/pumps (now site survey)
- Distribution of food (cooked rice packs) in affected areas (now planning details)

Tuesday, May 6, 2008

Today updated news from CNN

Myanmar: Cyclone toll jumps to 22,000

The Myanmar military regime says at least 22,000 people were killed and the U.N. estimates up to a million left homeless by the catastrophic cyclone that has battered the country. CNN's Dan Rivers, the first Western journalist to reach the city of Bogalay where 10,000 people are reported to have perished, describes scenes of massive devastation. full story