Myanmar Cyclone: Appeal for Help
I had the pleasure of meeting Win Zaw a few years back while organizing a Tomb Raider-esque trip to Cambodia. Win Zaw is Burmese, and at the time, he was working for another Cambodia-based local operator. More recently, he started Asia Expeditions and we've continued to work together.
Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last Friday. Since then, news of the situation has been increasingly alarming, not just the scale and scope of the disaster but also the government's handling of relief efforts. Sitting safely in my Causeway Bay office, it's hard to know exactly what to do to help aside from making a donation to a relief organization. But then, I always wonder how much actually gets to the ground. So when I caught Win Zaw on gmail chat yesterday (fortunately, he and his family as well as colleagues are all fine), I asked what we could do to help. He told me he was waiting to hear back from his contacts in Burma and would send me an email with an update and list of needed supplies. Below is his email. If you would like to help, feel free to send supplies directly to Win Zaw at the mailing address below (NOTE: Please mark all packages "Charity for Myanmar Disaster". Otherwise, he will have to pay heavy customs duties.). I will also be collecting things and making a shipment Wednesday (14 May 2008) morning, so feel free to send items to WANLILU Play Ltd., Room 1501, One Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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Hi Winnie,
First of all, many thanks for your concerned and appreciate your hard work.
Here I got the line with Esther and the place is less damage than the main area, however, there are thousands of refugees flows into town.
There are no GOV assistant at all and most of them are at the school, foodball field, church, etc..
People got sick, diarrhea, and the people from the town send daily foods to those refugees and some donors sent rice and other dry goods, that can be use by the time they do not get any support from the town. Nightmare!!!!!
Here she ask me to send if we can:
1) Drinking water: they can mange through localmade pump and we need more purifiers.
2) warm clothes / blankets /mosquito nets.
3) anti-diarrhea tablets and other medicines such as insect- repellant, etc..
4) food, (Esther try to have more rice from Yangon to delta)
5) Candles as no electricity at all.
6) mosquito nets if available
7) Firstaid boxes
There are very less medical assistance.
So far, she does what she can and of course, we will update with more details later.
Do let me know any progress and again, I thank you so much for your helps.
My regards,
Win Zaw
Asia Expeditions
No. 18, Street 370,, PO. Box 957
Boeng Keng Kang I, Chamcar Mon,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
H/P: 855 (12) 732 236
Tel: 855 (23) 726 644
Fax:855 (23) 996 893
Email: winzaw@asia-expeditions.com
website: http://www.asia-expeditions.com
Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last Friday. Since then, news of the situation has been increasingly alarming, not just the scale and scope of the disaster but also the government's handling of relief efforts. Sitting safely in my Causeway Bay office, it's hard to know exactly what to do to help aside from making a donation to a relief organization. But then, I always wonder how much actually gets to the ground. So when I caught Win Zaw on gmail chat yesterday (fortunately, he and his family as well as colleagues are all fine), I asked what we could do to help. He told me he was waiting to hear back from his contacts in Burma and would send me an email with an update and list of needed supplies. Below is his email. If you would like to help, feel free to send supplies directly to Win Zaw at the mailing address below (NOTE: Please mark all packages "Charity for Myanmar Disaster". Otherwise, he will have to pay heavy customs duties.). I will also be collecting things and making a shipment Wednesday (14 May 2008) morning, so feel free to send items to WANLILU Play Ltd., Room 1501, One Hysan Avenue, Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
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Hi Winnie,
First of all, many thanks for your concerned and appreciate your hard work.
Here I got the line with Esther and the place is less damage than the main area, however, there are thousands of refugees flows into town.
There are no GOV assistant at all and most of them are at the school, foodball field, church, etc..
People got sick, diarrhea, and the people from the town send daily foods to those refugees and some donors sent rice and other dry goods, that can be use by the time they do not get any support from the town. Nightmare!!!!!
Here she ask me to send if we can:
1) Drinking water: they can mange through localmade pump and we need more purifiers.
2) warm clothes / blankets /mosquito nets.
3) anti-diarrhea tablets and other medicines such as insect- repellant, etc..
4) food, (Esther try to have more rice from Yangon to delta)
5) Candles as no electricity at all.
6) mosquito nets if available
7) Firstaid boxes
There are very less medical assistance.
So far, she does what she can and of course, we will update with more details later.
Do let me know any progress and again, I thank you so much for your helps.
My regards,
Win Zaw
Asia Expeditions
No. 18, Street 370,, PO. Box 957
Boeng Keng Kang I, Chamcar Mon,
Phnom Penh, Kingdom of Cambodia
H/P: 855 (12) 732 236
Tel: 855 (23) 726 644
Fax:855 (23) 996 893
Email: winzaw@asia-expeditions.com
website: http://www.asia-expeditions.com
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