Myanmar is allowing some foreign aid workers to enter remote areas hard hit by the May 3 cyclone in what relief agencies said Tuesday appeared to be the beginning of a new policy that fulfills a pledge made last week to the United Nations secretary general, Ban Ki-moon. Read more »
The Panditarama Committee had raised AUD$7500 for cyclone victims in Myanmar (Burma) on the 17th May 2008 by organising food fair in Sydney (Australia) at the Panditarama Meditation Centre. Read more »
To provide the necessary support and help to the cyclone victims in Myanmar, the devotees of Panditarama Sydney Meditation Centre will raise relief fund by organising food fair at Panditarama Sydney Centre on 17th May 2008. Read more »
NEW YORK: Some 1.5 million people have been “severely affected” by cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar last weekend, a UN official has said. Read more »
A powerful Cyclone Nargis killed more than 350 people, destroyed thousands of homes and knocked out power in the country’s largest city last Saturday. Trees and electricity lines were down in the city after the storm’s whipping winds and torrential downpour. Read more »