PLEASE HELP! GIVE WHAT YOU CAN.
Children affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar.
Photo credit: Save the Children.
Dear StyleSwag Magazine,
As the death toll in Myanmar continues to rise as a result of Cyclone Nargis and as hardships for thousands of survivors left in its wake increase, Save the Children continues to mount a rapid response to provide lifesaving relief to children and families.
Although there are issues getting additional aid into Myanmar, we have been able to provide food, clean water, shelter and non-food items to 72,000 people whose homes have been destroyed. This is thanks to the brave efforts of our staff and generous donations from our supporters so far.
But even this isn't enough to cope with a disaster of this scale.
As the situation unfolds, we must do more. Will you please help?
Save the Children has operated in Myanmar since 1995 as one of the largest nongovernmental organizations at work in Myanmar, implementing programs focused on early childhood care and development, child survival and child protection. As a result, we have been able to quickly mobilize our 500 employees in 35 offices across the affected region to help the most vulnerable – children.
As their immediate physical needs are met, we will work to restore their well-being and sense of normalcy, in addition to ensuring that their protection, education and survival needs are addressed. So far, several child-friendly spaces for children have been set up in temporary shelters in Yangon.
Since Monday, Save the Children has distributed two metric tons of food, plastic sheeting, water purification tablets, kitchen equipment, rehydration salts and other non-food items to those whose homes have been destroyed. In addition, a center in Yangon for HIV-positive girls and young women is being supplied with clean water, food and essential medicines.
Shelter materials, clean water, mosquito nets and emergency health kits are critical needs at this time — and we are moving quickly to provide these lifesaving items. The rainy season will commence soon and is likely to complicate an already desperate situation. We need to move aid quickly to alleviate current hardships and mitigate the potential for a greater crisis later on.
Please give as generously as you can to aid in our efforts to help the children and families whose lives have been forever changed by Cyclone Nargis.
Learn more about the situation and our response.
On behalf of the children,
Charles MacCormack
President and CEO
Save the Children
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