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Myanmar: Cyclone Nargis
Myanmar One Year On
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Cyclone Nargis cut a swath of destruction across Myanmar’s southern coast on 2-3 May 2008.
More than 140,000 people, including tens of thousands of children, were killed, while more than 2.4 million people were affected. In addition, the agriculture and fishing industries in the Irrawaddy Delta were devastated, leaving families with no way to earn an income or feed themselves.
Background
Save the Children has been working in Myanmar for 13 years and is one of the largest nongovernmental organizations operating in the country. Save the Children’s ongoing emergency-response programs are focused on child protection, food aid, health and nutrition, education assistance, shelter, and water and sanitation. To date, the organization — which is working in 14 of the 15 hardest-hit townships — has reached nearly 500,000 people with lifesaving food and water, shelter materials, and household and hygiene items.