EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE TEAM-BURMA

9th May 2008

The Emergency Assistance Team (EAT-BURMA) is working at the grassroots level to provide aid and assitance to the people affected by Cyclone Nargis in the Irrawaddy and Rangoon division areas.

EAT is working with networks of local organisations and concerned individuals in Burma to get food, water, cooking equipment, shelter, clothing, health services and rehabilitation to those most in need. This will be provided by working directly with the affected communities.

For the safety of our teams and the people inside, we cannot give out information regarding the exact location of our teams, nor their identities. But we are wokring with a team of about 40 people on the ground who are each working with their own networks of local organisations and people.

HOW TO HELP

SUPPORT OUR WORK
Currently, we urgently need funds to support the people inside and to address the most important needs of the people there. We will provide regular reports and updates to all of our donors on how this money is used. We hope to be able to provide photos of the work we do as well as these reports.

We estimate that we need 10 million baht for the first thee weeks.

Mae Tao Clinic has been designated to take responsibility for the funds by the group. Donations may be sent through Mae Tao Clinic's website (www.maetaoclinic.org) or by contacting Mae Tao Clinic directly: win7@loxinfo.co.th (attention Lisa).

DEMAND ACTION BY THE UN, INTERNATIONAL GOVERNMENTS AND THE HUMANITARIAN AID COMMUNITY

We are calling on all governments and UN bodies to provide aid immediately to our people who are dying in their thousands. International humanitarian organizations and local community organizations must do whatever they can to prevent further deaths and to assist in the restoration of life in Burma. This is not the time to respect Burma's border controls. National restrictions that are causing further deaths, do not deserve anyone's respect.

The global community has a responsibility to protect its citizens. The SPDC has time and again failed to protect the people of Burma, and this time the scale of their neglect is killing our people. The United Nations must invoke the Responsibility To Protect, even if it is necessary to coerce or force the regime to comply with providing protection and rehabilitation to its citizens.

To support this effort by check, please make it out to Planet Care/GHAP. You can mail it to:

Planet Care/Global Health Access Program
c/o Foundation for the People of Burma
225 Bush St., Suite 590
San Francisco, CA 94104
USA