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Htan Taw School Inauguration

Last Updated ( Saturday, 03 January 2009 14:29 )

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The Power of Community-based Organizations

MBEAN exists to provide most-needed assistance to survivors of cyclone Nargis. Using local manpower and resources together with global contacts and support, MBEAN volunteers and staff are helping the survivors rebuild their lives, communities to recover from the worst disaster in Burma/Myanmar. MBEAN is one of the most efficient local organizations, delivering aid to the heart of affected communities within the first week, and one of the first to initiate early recovery, middle and long term rebuilding work.

Why your support matters..

Nargis death toll stood at 84,537 with 53,836 people still missing, presumed dead. Office For the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) also reported that mortality rate of women between the ages of 18-60 years was twice that of men. Out of 7.3 million affected, 2.4 are severely affected. Since more women than men died, social and economic dynamics in affected areas has been seriously affected. As many as 800,000 people have been displaced. Cyclone also destroyed 75-85% of seed stocks, and it is estimated that up to 550,000 metric tonnes of paddy rice could be lost in this plantation season.
Yet the victims of cyclone have received US$213 per head compared to US$1,249 received by tsunami victims. Even before the cyclone, Myanmar/Burma receives about US$3 per person per year in overseas development assistance compared to Laos and Cambodia, who receive US$45 and US$43 respectively.
Your contribution will make a lasting impact for the survivors of Cyclone, and with minimal operating costs, MBEAN can guarantee that your money will go directly to cyclone affected communities.

Last Updated ( Wednesday, 24 September 2008 10:58 )

Htan Taw School (December)

Htan Taw Primary School construction is in its final phase. Inauguration ceremony is planned to be held on January 3, 2009.

Field Diary

A trip to Salu Seik

From 24th September to 5th October, we, four members of MBEAN Yangon office, went to Labutta, one of the townships badly damaged by the cyclone Nargis. It was an early start by coach from Yangon to Labutta. There we met with our local resident staff. Objectives of our project and rules and regulations of the group were explained to them.

On 26th September, we attended a meeting at UNICEF field office for co-ordination of clusters for livelihood work in the area. It appeared that we would be working in the same village tract with a group called ‘ACTED’.

On 27th September, we met with local authorities and answered their questions on our group and activities so far. They supported our work by liaising with their subordinates at the grassroots. To avoid duplication of work, we went to see officials from the group ‘Acted’. They had already distributed seeds, fertilisers and piglets and were starting to build fences for the ponds and bridges in those villages. We kept our Yangon office updated with changing situations.

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