As one BBC correspondent noted recently, Burma and China, as a military junta and a communist oligarchy, are traditionally suspicious of outside intervention; Chinese officials are openly meeting with the world press and coordinating relief efforts. In contrast, Burma is openly hostile to both disaster aid and disaster reportage. Nonetheless, the UK established a Disasters Emergency Committee to coordinate Myanmar Cyclone Relief. Those wishing to donate can contact them via their website: www.dec.org.uk.

As of May 14, relief teams from the Red Cross had shipped tarpaulins, while reaching 23,000 people in Myanmar, giving water, shelter, medical supplies, basic medical treatment and providing generators to pump clean water to those in the worst affected areas.


Oxfam Hong Kong is in Sichuan and Gansu Provinces in China, working closely to provide drinking water, medical supplies and other emergency aid.

Our current list of relief agencies providing assistance include:

World Vision
The Red Cross
Save the Children
Oxfam Hong Kong
Amity Foundation
Disasters Emergency Committee (UK only)


Please write to DOTmed to keep our readers posted on your efforts and what type of donations are needed most. (Click on "Send us your comments"). Or, utilize DOTmed's charity web page at:
https://www.dotmed.com/services/charity.html

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