Whatever you want to call the country, it's in bad shape right at the moment. Because this is Myanmar, getting relief there is proving difficult. Here's some organizations attempting to help:

American Red Cross

Directrelief.org.

The American Burmese Buddhist Association.

Unicef.Press reports are saying that the World Food Programme is also ( Read more... )

Because I have just spent the last two hours chatting with a marine biologist and government official in Myanmar about cooperative fishing efforts and river conservation issues on the Ayeyawaddy River. Not all that long ago, Myanmar's repressive government kept the country incredibly isolated from the rest of the world. Much of it still is, but I ( Read more... )