By Rosemary Pikko, Emergency Coordinator of Karuna Myanmar Social Services (KMSS) – Caritas’ local partner in Burma/ Myanmar

Tayoke Kone village in Labutta township is located in the Irrawaddy Delta region of Myanmar. An area known for monsoonal winds and rains, it was one of the hardest hit by Cyclone Nargis in 2008.

Five years after Nargis, as the local people still struggle to recover their livelihoods, they tell that gradually their lives and community are getting better and returning to normal.

By Brigitte Leoni

BANGKOK, 10 April 2013 - Five years after Cyclone Nargis claimed over 138,000 lives, the UN Office for Disaster Risk Reduction is joining forces with the media in Myanmar to highlight the lessons learned as the anniversary of the tragedy comes around.

The cyclone which made landfall on May 2, 2008, was the worst such event in the country's history and dramatically exposed the lack of early warning systems and other systemic failings in the country's disaster preparedness.

Rebuilding food security among the most vulnerable households affected by cyclone Nargis

Context

Myanmar ranks first as the ‘most at risk’ country in Asia the Pacific according to the UN Risk Model. The country is vulnerable to a wide range of hazards, including floods, cyclones, earthquakes, landslides and tsunamis. The likelihood for medium to large-scale natural disasters to occur every couple of years is high, according to historical data.

New Asia Impact Report provides greater donor accountability

CARE today launched the Asia Impact Report which provides a review of the impact of CARE’s work in Asia from 2005 to 2010. The report is the first of its kind in Australia and is part of CARE’s commitment to transparency, which is important for the 87 per cent of Australian donors who want to know more about how donations are spent.

Back to school – in buildings that offer a «safe haven» during natural disasters

Access to formal education has been restored in the areas of the Ayeyarwaddy Delta in Myanmar that were devastated by Cyclone Nargis. The first 30 permanent primary schools-cum-storm shelters have been completed: children can resume their education and the communities have a «safe haven» during natural disasters. The process for constructing the remaining 10 schools-cum-shelters began in 2012.

Tue, 31 Jul 2012 14:06 GMT

YWAR THAR AYE, Myanmar (AlertNet) - Thein Win has been a rice farmer since the age of 15 in this lush little village on the Irrawaddy delta. Now 63, he has a simple wish.

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Donations from the people of Singapore to benefit thousands in the next two years

Nay Pyi Taw, 11 July 2012 – The Singapore Red Cross today signed a wide-ranging memorandum of cooperation for six direct-impact projects expected to benefit thousands in Myanmar over the next two years.

SDC Humanitarian Aid (HA)

The Swiss Confederation’s Humanitarian Aid is active since 1994 in the Myanmar context (the country itself including the refugee camps in Thailand), which became since 2001 a priority for SDC/HA with the presence of a Regional Humanitarian Coordinator responsible for SDC/HA activities in Thailand and Myanmar.

In the Medium Term Programme 2010 -12 SDC/HA goals are to restore and improve the living conditions and reduce vulnerability of people at risk. SDC/HA supports projects with the following objectives: