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[mamculuna]

From coffeeeandink:

"I'd been looking around for NGOs that are able to do something to help the storm victims in Myanmar, but as you might imagine, the regime there doesn't make it easy for foreign aid groups to work there. The only two I'd found with reliable, current operations or connections there were Church World Service and World Vision. But MoveOn.org tells me that contributions can also be made to the International Burmese Monks Organization here. They will funnel the aid to local Buddhist monasteries throughout Myanmar."

This goes through Avaaz.org, a group I've come to trust.

Comments

[ann1962]

The numbers are staggering. And the satellite photos of the region are astonishing. And how this will impact the world food crisis....

Thank you for the links.

[mamculuna.livejournal.com]

And if the government doesn't let substantially more aid in--very soon--the numbers will be even worse.

[himmapaan.livejournal.com]

Thank you so much for that link.

[anomster.livejournal.com]

Seconding himmapaan's thanks. I got the same message from MoveOn, & I was thinking of posting it, but you beat me to it, & I doubt there's anyone who'd see this in my LJ who won't see it in yours. I'm glad to see you trust Avaaz; I hadn't heard of them before this morning, when I heard a segment on the cyclone's impact on Brian Lehrer's show (http://www.wnyc.org/shows/bl/episodes/2008/05/08/segments/98446) on NYC public radio. That part I'll post in my own LJ.