The Crisis Deepens in Myanmar

The crisis in Myanmar continues to deepen in the wake of cyclone Nagris which struck the Irawaddy Delta on May 3, 2008. The original reports have climbed from 350 dead to well over 100,000. Now concerns are that a second wave of death from injury, disease and starvation are ready to strike. This second wave is largely due to the government of Myanmar's blocking of outside aid. There is a desperate need and a number of organizations mobilized and needing your contributions.

Aid Organizations
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Mercy Corps
Medecins sans Frontiers
World Food Programme
UNICEF
Disasters Emergency Commission (umbrella organization in the UK that oversees 13 relief organizations)