Update from the relief team in BurmaUpdate from the relief team in Burma

- Burma Update -- Burma Update -

Your donations have bought foodYour donations have bought food

Water and basic needs like shoesWater and basic needs like shoes

This is part of the first shipment This is part of the first shipment of Vita Meal that was sent inof Vita Meal that was sent in

Supplies are loaded onto small trucksSupplies are loaded onto small trucksand distributed by the relief teamsand distributed by the relief teams

Every day items are very important Every day items are very important like cooking pots and disheslike cooking pots and dishes

Water purifying filters and chlorineWater purifying filters and chlorineare on the top of the listare on the top of the list

Ready to hit the road loaded withReady to hit the road loaded withall sorts of vegetables and cooking oilall sorts of vegetables and cooking oil

Entering the Bogale DistrictEntering the Bogale District

The local Government Relief campThe local Government Relief camp

People are camping near the roadside People are camping near the roadside still waiting for help still waiting for help

Building shelter with what they can findBuilding shelter with what they can find

Hungry and still waiting for reliefHungry and still waiting for relief

Corpses are turning into skeletonsCorpses are turning into skeletons

A relief team is getting ready to travelA relief team is getting ready to travel to more remote places by riverto more remote places by river

Loading supplies and dieselLoading supplies and dieselonto the boatsonto the boats

Unloading some vita meal highUnloading some vita meal highnutrition food supplementnutrition food supplement

Unloading plastic sheeting and waterUnloading plastic sheeting and water pumps to be used to drain the saltwaterpumps to be used to drain the saltwater

from the rice fieldsfrom the rice fields

Medical relief team at workMedical relief team at work

This is a temporary medical centerThis is a temporary medical centerset up by a doctor that is part set up by a doctor that is part

of the relief teamof the relief team

Donations make it possible to help the Donations make it possible to help the local people that need itlocal people that need it

Several farmers were given tractorsSeveral farmers were given tractors and farming equipmentand farming equipment

Fields are overgrown with grassFields are overgrown with grassand need to be drained and cleared and need to be drained and cleared

before farming can beginbefore farming can begin

Farmers carrying a pumpFarmers carrying a pump

The mud is very dirty and needsThe mud is very dirty and needs to be cleared of corpsesto be cleared of corpses

The farmers are not ready to give up The farmers are not ready to give up working long hours to be able to feed working long hours to be able to feed

their hungry familiestheir hungry families

This field has been drained and cleaned This field has been drained and cleaned and filled with fresh water, but it will and filled with fresh water, but it will still take time until the next harveststill take time until the next harvest

This is one of the UN bases This is one of the UN bases which has been destroyedwhich has been destroyed

and abandonedand abandoned

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