Cyclone Nargis

Muslim Aid Appeal for $2 Million for Cyclone Nargis Crisis

You have done it again! Thank you so much!

Muslim Aid would like to say a big THANK YOU to all our donors who have contributed to our Myanmar appeal and raised a fantastic £105,000. Your amazing response to our live appeals, email shots and mosque collections has made the unimaginable possible for the thousands of cyclone survivors who have been left homeless by the disaster; many will wake today with clean water, food and utensils.

YOUR compassion and OUR experience combine to make a unique partnership that can rise to the most difficult challenges. Despite the treacherous conditions, you have helped us to provide water purification tablets, water purification equipment, dry food rations and utensils to thousands of people. As we continue to work together, we will help thousands more.

THANK YOU once again for your generosity; your donations are worth more than you can imagine. Thousands more will survive the devastation of cyclone Nargis because YOU took the time to show you cared.

May God reward you for your generosity.

Together we can serve humanity.

Muslim Aid still needs your help to raise $2 million worth of funds to help the thousands of survivors left homeless by the disaster. $200,000 has already been allocated. We will be working with our partners Global Medic providing clean water, medicine and emergency healthcare.

How you have helped......

You helped us to distribute 650,000 aqua tabs which meant the treatment of 65,000 litres of water.

You helped us to provide 12,000 people with food parcels with enough rice, lentils and potatoes to last a month.

You helped us to distribute 300 utensil sets and 3,000 hygiene kits

Please see our press release for more details, click here

For more information on cyclone Nargis visit Reuters

but you are still there....

Thanks to your generous donations, Muslim Aid was able to provide emergency relief to the survivors of cyclone Nargis that struck Myanmar in May 2008. However we did not want to walk away and leave millions homeless and without the basic infrastructure and necessities to move on with their lives. Because of your kindness, Muslim Aid is still working in the most affected areas providing small items that enable families to get back on their feet.

Bogale

In Bogale, Muslim Aid, along with Alert Net, the Reuters Foundation, repaired 100 houses. Muslim Aid also repaired another 100 with local NGO Evergreen, replacing rotten floorboards, collapsing walls and missing roofs. In the same area, Muslim Aid also provided fishing boats, traps and nets to 100 fishermen whose equipment was lost in the storm as well as replacing 100 tillers for farming.

Lluwazar 

Half the children in one of the schools in Lluwazar perished in the storm waters while most of village schools were completely destroyed. The pupils now take lessons in makeshift plastic tents still battered by monsoon winds and rains. With their possessions swept away in the raging waters, many children had no clothes to wear to come to lessons. Muslim Aid donated uniforms to 7,600 children so they could feel warm and comfortable to go to school and continue their education.

 “The children were absolutely delighted with our gift,” said Harsha Pilapitiya, Muslim Aid Sri Lanka’s Head of Emergency Relief, who has been in Myanmar since the cyclone hit.

Laputa

When Cyclone Nargis struck, widespread flooding caused the pollution of it ponds which were the main source of water for villagers to drink , cook and clean who did not have access to wells. Muslim Aid provided technical support to its partner, the Adventist Development and Relief Agency (ADRA), to clean 80 ponds with dredging equipment and pumps in Laputa in the Irrawaddy Delta. The project aims to clean 120 wells in the area.

Microfinance

Muslim Aid team are helping HIV positive men and women in Myanmar. Muslim Aid has given seven women – four of whom are widows with children - short term loans of $30 for preparing sweets to break fast during Ramadan. They will pay back one dollar each day.

“If it is successful, we will give them further loans to start up businesses,” said Harsha Pilapitiya, Muslim Aid Sri Lanka’s Head of Emergency Relief, who has been in Myanmar since the cyclone hit.

We could not have done any of this without your help. If you would like to support more families in Myanmar after Cyclone Nargis, please donate now.