 You have done it again! Thank you so much!Muslim Aid would like to say a big THANK YOU to all our donors who have contributed to our Myanmar appeal and raised a fantastic £105,000. Your amazing response to our live appeals, email shots and mosque collections has made the unimaginable possible for the thousands of cyclone survivors who have been left homeless by the disaster; many will wake today with clean water, food and utensils. YOUR compassion and OUR experience combine to make a unique partnership that can rise to the most difficult challenges. Despite the treacherous conditions, you have helped us to provide water purification tablets, water purification equipment, dry food rations and utensils to thousands of people. As we continue to work together, we will help thousands more. THANK YOU once again for your generosity; your donations are worth more than you can imagine. Thousands more will survive the devastation of cyclone Nargis because YOU took the time to show you cared. May God reward you for your generosity. Together we can serve humanity. Muslim Aid still needs your help to raise $2 million worth of funds to help the thousands of survivors left homeless by the disaster. $200,000 has already been allocated. We will be working with our partners Global Medic providing clean water, medicine and emergency healthcare. UPADATE IN BRIEF 13/06/08Muslim Aid are now on the ground providing clean water, medicine and other emergency aid such as food and utensils. With your kindness, we have already helped over 250 families since our arrival last Saturday 10th May. Muslim Aid is working with UNICEF to coordinate the WASH partnership (Water, Sanitation and Hygiene) in Yangon. We have distributed 650,000 aqua tabs which means the treatment of 65,000 litres of water. 1.5 million aqua tabs along with 9 trekker water purification systems have arrived in Yangon. This has been achieved with the help of our partner ADRA (Adventist Development and Relief Agency). The aqua tabs will provide 50,000 people with clean water for one week and each purification system can provide 70,000 people with clean drinking water everyday as long as there is water available. We are currently providing food in Yangon through the C.M.R.F (Cholia Muslim Religious Fund) Trust, and will distribute 500 food parcels by Sunday. 3,000 people have already been helped and with arrival of new equipment, we will be able to help many more . Muslim Aid volunteers are looking into the distribution of food and non food items in the Laputa area which will reach about 30,000 people. We are in continuous contact with our team on the ground, international NGOs and local partners. We have had several meeting to discuss WASH logistics and look into the provision of temporary shelters. Clean water, food shortages and outbreaks of cholera, malaria are of the greatest concern. Please see our press release for more details, click here For more information on cyclone Nargis visit Reuters. Click here to Donate
|