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May 15, 2008
Sincere sympathy for the victims of Cyclone “Nargis” in Myanmar (Burma)
A devastating cyclone “Nargis” struck western Myanmar on 2 and 3 May, 2008, directly hitting the country’s largest city, Yangon.
According to United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)’s report on 10 May, the official death toll is now 22,997, with 42,119 missing and 1,430 injured. Food, water purification supplies and receptacles, sanitation facilities for temporary camps, shelter materials, fuel, and essential medicines and treatment are all critical needs.
http://www.reliefweb.int/rw/RWB.NSF/db900SID/STRI-7EHPSX?OpenDocument
We, jicafriends and JSRPD would like to express our deep sympathy for the people who suffer from this disaster.
We are worried about the former participants in Myanmar and hope they and their friends, families and peers are not affected too much.
Secretariat of jicafriends
Posted by jicafriends at May 15, 2008 02:49 PM