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Posts Tagged ‘Cyclone Nargis’ (13 found)
Myanmar cyclone survivors haunted by lack of work and shelter
Almost two years after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar’s Irrawaddy delta, killing nearly 140,000 and leaving 2.4 million destitute, survivors are still struggling to recover their livelihoods and many are living without adequate shelter, a report released on Tuesday in Yangon said. The region may face a second crisis unless people’s livelihoods improve, warned the Tripartite Core […]
• •After the Storm: Voices from the Delta
After the Storm: Voices from the Delta is the first independent report assessing the response of the Burmese regime to Cyclone Nargis, which struck Burma in May 2008. It exposes how the Burmese regime committed human rights abuses in its response to the cyclone by obstructing relief to victims of the cyclone.
• • •Post-Nargis Analysis: The other side of the story
A report that explores the obstructions to aid and human rights abuses committed by Burma’s military regime and corruption that have occurred in the cyclone-hit region.
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