Tearfund help for survivors of Cyclone Giri in Myanmar (Burma) is now turning from emergency aid to restoring lost livelihoods.
Three months after the category four storm struck Rakhine State, emergency supplies of food, water and utensils are being replaced by longer term rehabilitation projects.
Giri affected some 260,000 people and destroyed large areas of the state's paddy fields as well as its fishing industry, both important sources of livelihoods.
A key challenge now is helping the many people who depend on one crop of rice that is harvested each November, which this year was destroyed.
Restoring livelihoods
Tearfund church-based partners are turning their attention to restoring livelihoods and where this is not possible to helping people find alternative ones.
An estimated 86,000 farming and 7,500 fishing families are facing food shortages according to the UN Development Programme.
The World Food Programme says some 200,000 people need food assistance in the worst-affected townships of Myebon, Kyaukphyu, Pauktaw and Minbya.
Tearfund’s partners have been providing emergency aid to dozens of villages hit by 100mph winds, driving rain and tidal surges which claimed the lives of 45 people.