Myanmar Aid
It’s a situation that seemingly keeps getting worse. Mission Network News has an update on the ongoing catastrophe in Myanmar:
Myanmar’s junta government has been quietly evicting cyclone survivors from shelters and shutting down refugee camps. They’re sending the people home for “reconstruction,” but there’s nothing left in most villages.
The government has now imposed martial law in many areas of the delta affected by the cyclone, and some local officials are being accused of abusing their authority.
Donor organizations are still NOT allowed into the villages affected. They are allowed to deliver supplies to an SPDC (Burma Army)-controlled warehouse in township areas where who knows what is happening with the supplies donated. There are growing concerns that the government is merely stockpiling the supplies and issuing propaganda showing distribution.
Vision Beyond Borders’ Patrick Klein says in order to get aid to these areas, “There’s a list. For that village, you have to be on that list; you have to be approved by the village leaders. If it’s not (on the list), you’re turned back, and any supplies you’ve brought for the cyclone victims will be confiscated by the government. I don’t know how our friends are getting on those lists, but they are going in with a team.”
Read the whole thing. And here’s another article on Post-Storm Problems. Continue to pray for Myanmar, they’re going through a lot.
