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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... ration aid supply to such storm-hit areas as Laputta ,Bogalay, Phyapon, Mawlamyinegyun and Pathein soon after the cyclone storm hit Myanmar in early last May. According to the WFP, a total of 29,000 survived population of 9 village tracts out of 50 in Ayeyawaddy's Laputta alone have been benefited by the UN program, earlier report said. Laputta township suffered the biggest damage out of...
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People Daily (Free subscription) | 07/07/2008
... ration aid supply to such storm-hit areas as Laputta ,Bogalay, Phyapon, Mawlamyinegyun and Pathein soon after the cyclone storm hit Myanmar in early last May. According to the WFP, a total of 29,000 survived population of 9 village tracts out of 50 in Ayeyawaddy's Laputta alone have been benefited by the UN program, earlier report said. Laputta township suffered the biggest damage out of...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 05/07/2008
... regions last month. Specialists of Yangon, Shwebo, Mandalay, Taunggyi, Magway, Pyay, Mawlamyine, Pathein, Labutta and Bago participated in providing free medical services to the storm victims, it added. In the post-Nargis period, dozens of foreign medics were allowed in Myanmar to render medical services to the cyclone victims. These medics include those from Thailand, India, Laos, China,...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 04/07/2008
... for victims.The government authorities and naval troops also used shipping routes from Bassein (Pathein) to Chaungwa by force without paying, villagers said.Because of this many aid workers also faced difficulties in sending aid to rural areas.
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 24/06/2008
... Forest Department circulated its announcement of the seizure to government departments in Pathein, Myaungmya and Bogale Townships. It also sent copies to Kyin Chaung and Kyun Thar Yar Villages Peace and Development Council (PDC) under the Kadone Kani Kodone Kani village tract PDC.Though residents say that cyclone affected farmers who will lose their farmlands soon, they cannot estimate the...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008
... is now down from 13,000 to 3,700. There are also around 800 people in three informal camps. In Pathein, which was unaffected by the cyclone, all camps have now been closed. The 3,000 people formerly living in camps have returned to their villages, mostly in Laputta. In Mawlamyinegyun proper, all camps have been closed, with the displaced returning to their villages. In Pyapon proper, where...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 19/06/2008
... determine how we can help rebuild the villagers' lives and livelihood. After spending a night in Pathein (formerly Bassein) our team of doctors, nurses and other volunteer workers headed south in boats towards Ngapudaw and Latbutta. Our first stop was at Ayodah village – a location that was not directly affected by the cyclone, but which housed numerous refugees who had fled from their villages...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 18/06/2008
... Ayeyawaddy division, which is known as Myanmar's "rice bowl", comprises 26 townships with Pathein as its main city and most of the townships lying in the delta region. The division has a population of less than 6.5 million after disaster, according to official statistics. The statistics show over 1 million acres (405,000 hectares) of cultivable land were flooded with sea water in 7 townships...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 17/06/2008
... As of 16 June 32 VTA teams have covered 84 out of 128 assessment ‘quadrants’ in Bogale, Labutta, Pathein, Pyapon, Wakema and Yangon. 4. New Government guidelines for international organizations providing assistance in cyclone-affected areas were introduced on 10 June. UN agencies and NGOs report difficulties with requests for visas and travel authorizations carried out in accordance with...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
... Shwe Zigwet, his wife, said. "He was sweating and his hands and feet were cold, when we reached Pathein during his tour to 'Pyin' district. Then he had to be hospitalised," a person who accompanied him on his tour to help the cyclone victims in Irrawaddy Division said. He will be discharged from hospital after two more days and would proceed to 'Titukone' village in 'Pyin' district, where...
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Myanmar (Free subscription) | 16/06/2008
... in the month. The areas cover Kyaiklat, Dedaye, Phyapon, Bogalay, Maubin, Myaungmya, Laputta and Pathein, the report said. Over 300 more families are still awaiting for information about their missing members through the domestic humanitarian organization, the report added. According to earlier other local report, the Myanmar Red Cross is also cooperating with the International Committee...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
... place between 10 and 19 June. As of 13 June 32 VTA teams have covered 31 of 128 ‘quadrants’ in Pathein, Wakema, Labutta, Bogale, Pyapon and Yangon. Meanwhile, the 6 DaLA teams have covered 17 of 21 targeted townships. Some 250 assessment personnel are involved in the PONJA, including representatives of the Government of Myanmar, ASEAN member states, the UN, the World Bank, the Asian Development...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 13/06/2008
... place between 10 and 19 June. As of 13 June 32 VTA teams have covered 31 of 128 ‘quadrants’ in Pathein, Wakema, Labutta, Bogale, Pyapon and Yangon. Meanwhile, the 6 DaLA teams have covered 17 of 21 targeted townships. Some 250 assessment personnel are involved in the PONJA, including representatives of the Government of Myanmar, ASEAN member states, the UN, the World Bank, the Asian Development...
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Relief Web (Free subscription) | 11/06/2008
... 32 teams were dispatched to Yangon Division and 15 personnel from three hub coordination teams to Pathein, Bogale and Pyapon on 10 June. On 11 June 35 personnel in 7 teams departed to villages in Yangon Division, 125 personnel in 25 teams departed for Ayeyarwady Division and 10 personnel from two hub coordination teams left for Labuta and Wakema. The assessment involves humanitarian needs...
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Deseret Morning News (Free subscription) | 05/06/2008
A man holds a decorative umbrella in a small family business in Pathein, Myanmar, on Wednesday. Businesses in the area are struggling due to a lack of tourists after cyclone Nargis hit a month ago, killing some 78,000 people. U.S. ships, their aid denied, were to leave today.
