Thanks to our generous supporters, CWS has been able to commit over $230,000 to local partners in Burma such as Church World Service and other members of ACT international. With local communities we are helping provide emergency drinking water, water purification tablets, temporary shelter, waterproof sheets, clothing, medicines, mosquito nets and food supplies. As CWS works through our local partner networks in Burma, we have been able to deliver effective aid to the most affected areas.

So far, our local partners have been able to provide this life-saving assistance to nearly 200,000 people. They aim to provide immediate aid to to over 1.3 million people and require further assistance to better serve the survivor's needs. This is a largescale human tragedy with enourmous implications for the future of the Burmese people. Long-term reconstruction efforts must be undertaken soon such as rebuilding houses, creating early warning systems and creating infrastructure that can withstand natural disasters like this. Please consider helping if you can as there will continue to be urgent reconstruction efforts after every person in need has received the aid they require.

CWS welcomes the Burmese governments long delayed decision to accept foreign aid for the most devastated areas but calls for this to be a widespread and uninhibited process. This natural tragedy has become a largely avoidable disaster and there must be collaborative assisstance to help those people who have suffered due to inaction. 

• $60 could provide three relief packages with water purification tabets, medicines and food.
• $200 could help to fund materials for temporary shelters.