Burma News
UN map: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/shared/bsp/hi/pdfs/06_05_08_unosat_myanmar.pdf
BBC compile: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7385662.stm
... 1 million homeless? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/06/international/i012845D90.DTL
... cyclone relief - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/06/MNCQ10H4IN.DTL
... political dimension - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15&entry_id=26278
... NPR on international aid - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90213937
... If you are in the UK, here are charitable organizations connected to Burma - http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/06/charitablegiving.burma
... Guardian's interactive explainer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2008/may/06/burma
... Guardian's whole section on Burma: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/burma
... NYTimes interactive on this, with online mapping tools: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/myanmars-cyclone-catastrophe/ ... such as ReliefWeb: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm
... aid to Burma: http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=11794
...NS on Food crisis & Burma cyclone challenge
... Economist on Burma
...Burmese-American worries.
NGOs:
World Vision:
Eyewitness account: http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/maindocs/A63622AF511E846088257440007318E8?opendocument
Article: http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/maindocs/2164F68FD0D6C46B88257440005928EE?opendocument
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Save the Children's press releases:
Response effort - http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2008/cyclone-nargis-myanmar.html
article: http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2008/cyclone-nargis.html
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MSF's first-response: http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=BD72415A-15C5-F00A-25E67A241B05BAA0&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html
*Add to ALC website - for cross-over.
Their Burma report: http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/countries/asia/burma/index.cfm
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ICRC [not well web-designed]:
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/myanmar?OpenDocument
The MRCS has been engaged on human trafficking and AIDS prevention work: http://www.humantrafficking.org/organizations/27
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UNICEF [slooooow!]:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/myanmar.html
http://www.unicef.org/myanmar/
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More Charities:
-- Burmese American Democratic Alliance: badasf.org
-- Burmese American Women's Alliance: bawalliance.org
-- Foundation for the People of Burma: foundationburma.org
-- U.S. Campaign for Burma: uscampaignforburma.org
-- Doctors Without Borders: doctorswithoutborders.org
-- UNICEF: unicef.org
-- CARE: care.org
-- Church World Service: churchworldservice.org
-- American Red Cross: redcross.org (The Red Cross has an international response fund through which people can designate donations for the Burma cyclone.)
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LGBT community joins in the relief effort: http://www.rainbowfund.org/donate
International Rescue Committee too: www.theIRC.org
On the whole, I would donate to those groups who already have people on the ground - for speed of response. These tend to be UNICEF, Save the Children, and World Vision. ICRC might also be a contender.
BBC compile: http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/asia-pacific/7385662.stm
... 1 million homeless? http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2008/05/06/international/i012845D90.DTL
... cyclone relief - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2008/05/06/MNCQ10H4IN.DTL
... political dimension - http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/blogs/sfgate/detail?blogid=15&entry_id=26278
... NPR on international aid - http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=90213937
... If you are in the UK, here are charitable organizations connected to Burma - http://www.guardian.co.uk/money/2008/may/06/charitablegiving.burma
... Guardian's interactive explainer: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2008/may/06/burma
... Guardian's whole section on Burma: http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/burma
... NYTimes interactive on this, with online mapping tools: http://dotearth.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/05/06/myanmars-cyclone-catastrophe/ ... such as ReliefWeb: http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/dbc.nsf/doc100?OpenForm
... aid to Burma: http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=11794
...NS on Food crisis & Burma cyclone challenge
... Economist on Burma
...Burmese-American worries.
NGOs:
World Vision:
Eyewitness account: http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/maindocs/A63622AF511E846088257440007318E8?opendocument
Article: http://www.wvi.org/wvi/wviweb.nsf/maindocs/2164F68FD0D6C46B88257440005928EE?opendocument
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Save the Children's press releases:
Response effort - http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2008/cyclone-nargis-myanmar.html
article: http://www.savethechildren.org/newsroom/2008/cyclone-nargis.html
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MSF's first-response: http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/invoke.cfm?objectid=BD72415A-15C5-F00A-25E67A241B05BAA0&component=toolkit.article&method=full_html
*Add to ALC website - for cross-over.
Their Burma report: http://www.msf.org/msfinternational/countries/asia/burma/index.cfm
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ICRC [not well web-designed]:
http://www.icrc.org/Web/Eng/siteeng0.nsf/htmlall/myanmar?OpenDocument
The MRCS has been engaged on human trafficking and AIDS prevention work: http://www.humantrafficking.org/organizations/27
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UNICEF [slooooow!]:
http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/myanmar.html
http://www.unicef.org/myanmar/
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More Charities:
-- Burmese American Democratic Alliance: badasf.org
-- Burmese American Women's Alliance: bawalliance.org
-- Foundation for the People of Burma: foundationburma.org
-- U.S. Campaign for Burma: uscampaignforburma.org
-- Doctors Without Borders: doctorswithoutborders.org
-- UNICEF: unicef.org
-- CARE: care.org
-- Church World Service: churchworldservice.org
-- American Red Cross: redcross.org (The Red Cross has an international response fund through which people can designate donations for the Burma cyclone.)
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LGBT community joins in the relief effort: http://www.rainbowfund.org/donate
International Rescue Committee too: www.theIRC.org
On the whole, I would donate to those groups who already have people on the ground - for speed of response. These tend to be UNICEF, Save the Children, and World Vision. ICRC might also be a contender.