Filed under: Donations, Events, International Response, Resources, Uncategorized | Tags: Burma, Donations, Events, fundraising, orphans, queens
3hird Medium Band will host a concert in Queens on July 12 to raise money for children orphaned by Cyclone Nargis. Tickets are $15 and must be purchased in advance. Complimentary food and drinks will be available from 5 to 6:30 p.m. Concert kicks off at 7 p.m at the Walter Crowley Intermediate School, 50-40 Jacobus Street in Elmhurst. For tickets contact Ko Ye Lin at 646-299-1683.
–Karen
Filed under: Donations, Events, International Response, Resources, Uncategorized | Tags: aid, benefit, Donations, moegyo, new york city, queens, relief, sunnyside, volunteers
The note below is from the team at Moegyo Humanitarian Foundation, a group of volunteers from around the world who are working to bring relief to cyclone victims in Burma.
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Dear All,
Please come and support us to raise fund for the victims of cyclone in
Myanmar (Burma).
We will have different kind of authentic Burmese food, Cold and Hot
drinks, Gift Items, and T-shirts at the event.
Date: June 28, 2008 (Saturday)
Time: 12pm – 5pm
Location: PS-150, 40-01 43rd Avenue, Sunnyside, NY 11104
Thank you.
The Moegyo Team
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“Joining hands to save people life in Myanmar (Burma)”
Together, we can make a difference!
http://blog.moegyo.org/
– Karen
Filed under: Donations, International Response, Resources, Uncategorized | Tags: 8-8-08, advocacy, artwork, Burma, design, Donations, relief, t-shirt
8-8-08 for Burma invites artists to submit original artwork for a tee shirt that will benefit relief and advocacy efforts for the peoples of Burma. Artists are invited to view the photo galleries provided on the 8-8-08 for Burma website to inspire their work.
Submissions should be emailed to info@8808forburma.org as a PDF, by July 2, 2008.
–Karen
Filed under: From the Field, International Response, Latest News, Opinion/Editorial, Resources, Uncategorized | Tags: cyclone nargis, doctors, irrawaddy delta, Than Shwe, The Irrawaddy
As news about the Myanmar cyclone and it’s aftermath recedes into the background (including in the media), an op-ed in the Burmese news magazine, The Irrawaddy, sheds light on why the junta refused assistance from the U.S. military. And I quote,
“What the generals truly fear is that if they allow US warships and foreign forces to come to the aid of cyclone survivors in the Irrawaddy delta, people will soon rise up and the regime would be overthrown. That fear prevented the Than Shwe regime from allowing the US to come in and help.”
As the fate of more than 2 million remains unknown, local Burmese sources such as The Irrawaddy are good to remain tuned in to what’s happening on the ground.
Some of the it’s top stories include:
Filed under: International Response, Lessons and Theory, Opinion/Editorial, Uncategorized | Tags: humanitarian intervention, iraq, madelaine albright, new york times
In a recent op-ed in the New York Times, former U.S. secretary of state, Madelaine K. Albright offered three reasons why the world didn’t intervene more forcefully in Myanmar.
The introductory excerpt to the piece:
“THE Burmese government’s criminally neglectful response to last month’s cyclone, and the world’s response to that response, illustrate three grim realities today: totalitarian governments are alive and well; their neighbors are reluctant to pressure them to change; and the notion of national sovereignty as sacred is gaining ground, helped in no small part by the disastrous results of the American invasion of Iraq. “
Read the full op-ed here.
–Divya
Filed under: International Response, Latest News, Media, Uncategorized | Tags: aid, christian science monitor, relief, thai-burma border, thailand
Simon Montlake reports in the Christian Science Monitor that grassroots groups are funneling aid through the volative Thai-Burma border region.
An excerpt:
<<Aid is also trickling over the Thai-Burmese border, a hotbed of activism against Burma’s regime. It’s a backdoor channel for aid groups unwilling or unable to go through the front. By tapping an existing underground network in Burma, they try to bypass official channels and put aid directly in the hands of the most needy. >>
–Karen
Filed under: From the Field, Media | Tags: first person, From the Field, l.a. times, los angeles times, Media, reporters, undercover
The Los Angeles Times has published a first-person account by one its reporters who traveled secretly and extensively throughout the Delta region.
An excerpt:
<<Over the last 16 years, I have reported on famine, massive earthquakes and a tsunami. Cyclone Nargis is the first natural disaster that required working undercover to write about the hungry, sick and homeless.>>
Also check out the L.A. Times Cyclone Nargis news roundup, photos, and videos.
–Karen
Filed under: International Response, Latest News, Opinion/Editorial, Uncategorized | Tags: burma cyclone, china earthquake, myanmar
This article is about Zimbabwe and Mugabe’s dictatorial ways that are proving all too self-destructive for his own country. It raises an interesting point for humanitarian relief, however, particularly in the wake of the Burma and China disasters, and I quote…
“Zimbabwe is in the midst of a slow-motion, man-made disaster. It is as if the cyclone in Burma and the earthquake in China were state-sponsored tragedies.”
Read the full article here.
– Divya
From the AP:
YANGON, Myanmar (AP) — A state-controlled newspaper said Wednesday that Myanmar’s military rulers were breaking no laws by holding pro-democracy leader Aung San Suu Kyi under house arrest for a sixth straight year.
The junta’s recent decision to extend Suu Kyi’s detention by one year sparked international outrage, with the Nobel Peace laureate’s party and foreign defense lawyers arguing the junta could legally only hold her for five years.
Read more here
-Lam
Filed under: From the Field, Latest News, Media, Uncategorized | Tags: irrawaddy delta, junta, new york times, reporter
The latest New York Times story says that a visit to some of the Irrawaddy Delta villages hardest hit by the cyclone suggests ”that the story of the death and destruction, compounded by the junta’s actions, has been neither fully told nor even fully seen.” Their reporter inside Myanmar is still anonymous.
–Karen
