Network for Good and Myanmar Relief

I was looking for an update on the Myanmar cyclone at Yahoo, and glad to discover this site:

Here’s a quick look from Yahoo! News and Reuters:

A villager sits outside her Cyclone Nargis damaged house in Myanmar’s village of U Khai-Hlaing outside Labutta, in Irrawaddy Division May 9, 2008. The United Nations estimated 1.5 million people have been “severely affected” by the cyclone that swept through Myanmar, with the United States expressing outrage on Thursday at delays in allowing in aid. REUTERS/Stringeer (MYANMAR)

Myanmar (formerly known as Burma), home to freedom fighter Aung San Suu Kyi, is a Third-World nation in Asia, and I think its isolationist regime is a bit hindering foreign aid. I understand that they want foreign aid but not foreign workers/volunteers, but I hope they will allow that too. They can monitor them anyway.

An AP report says:

More than 20,000 are known dead and tens of thousands more are listed as missing, and the U.N. estimates more than 1 million people are homeless in Myanmar, which also is known as Burma.

That is an alarming report. I wish I could physically do something, but this is all I can do at the moment. I hope the death toll will remain at that number, and more aid will be given to Myanmar. I highly appreciate the volunteerism and benevolence of various organizations that help others who are in need. Especially: