Myanmar
This is a going to be about the Myanmar disaster, and in memory of the up-to 100,000 people thought dead there, the children who are now orphaned, and all of the people affected by this. The death of loved ones, the knowledge that this could take years to clean up.
The military government isn't helping matters, either. They've only just allowed one US relief plane to cross the borders carrying relief supplies on Monday. How can a government, no matter how tough they try to be, see hundreds of thousands of their own people suffer because they're reluctant to let relief services in. The US, the most powerful country in the world, with probably the biggest chance of helping the devastation in Maymar right now, is willing to help, and they're saying only one plane. C'mon, you'd have to be fricking insane!! The UN has sent in some food shipments, something which is desperately needed, and the government has seized them, taken them away from those who need it most.
The country is dying, and there is practically the whole world out there willing to help, and they turn their backs on them, on us, on a way to right themselves. And even with one plane, most of the supplies won't reach the people that are most in need. The people in rural regions, the poor, and others. They say that it will, and even if the US does (by some fricking miracle, with the help of neighboring countries) get more planes in there, there's a high chance that those people still won't be helped, that months from now, they'll still be desperate for food, clean water, clothes.
There are agencies out there ready to help which you can donate to, even if they won't be let in just yet. I know I'm going to donate to The Red Cross NZ, but there are plenty of others out there.
Here are a few: Oxfam, Tearfund, The Red Cross (American, but others for other countries), World Vision and Rotary International.
The military government isn't helping matters, either. They've only just allowed one US relief plane to cross the borders carrying relief supplies on Monday. How can a government, no matter how tough they try to be, see hundreds of thousands of their own people suffer because they're reluctant to let relief services in. The US, the most powerful country in the world, with probably the biggest chance of helping the devastation in Maymar right now, is willing to help, and they're saying only one plane. C'mon, you'd have to be fricking insane!! The UN has sent in some food shipments, something which is desperately needed, and the government has seized them, taken them away from those who need it most.
The country is dying, and there is practically the whole world out there willing to help, and they turn their backs on them, on us, on a way to right themselves. And even with one plane, most of the supplies won't reach the people that are most in need. The people in rural regions, the poor, and others. They say that it will, and even if the US does (by some fricking miracle, with the help of neighboring countries) get more planes in there, there's a high chance that those people still won't be helped, that months from now, they'll still be desperate for food, clean water, clothes.
There are agencies out there ready to help which you can donate to, even if they won't be let in just yet. I know I'm going to donate to The Red Cross NZ, but there are plenty of others out there.
Here are a few: Oxfam, Tearfund, The Red Cross (American, but others for other countries), World Vision and Rotary International.