YANGON, Myanmar, October 31 (UNHCR) - Six months after the deadly Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar's Irrawaddy delta region, the UN refugee agency remains concerned about the welfare of many widows and ...
Editor’s note: Because the Myanmar government does not allow its citizens to speak to foreign reporters without permission, neither the village nor the people in this article are identified. When ...
When Cyclone Nargis tore through Myanmar a year ago, 150-mile-per-hour winds and powerful storm surges flattened entire villages, carved out a new coastline, and altered the landscape of the Irrawaddy ...
KANASO NGU VILLAGE, Myanmar, July 28 (UNHCR) - In the horrible trail of destruction left by Cyclone Nargis two years ago, Daw Pyu was left scavenging for any scrap material she could cobble together ...
In 2008, Burma suffered the worst cyclone in the country’s history: 85,000 people died, and 54,000 people are still missing. Tonight, Edge Gallery, 3658 Navajo Street, is hosting a benefit for the ...
THA GYAR HIN OH, Myanmar — The monsoon is due any day now, and for the hundreds of villagers with fresh memories of last year's deadly Cyclone Nargis, an emergency shelter that opened Saturday was yet ...
SILVER SPRING, MD, May 6, 2008 – CHF International has deployed an emergency response team to begin providing shelter for the hundreds of thousands of Burmese displaced from their homes as a result of ...