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Critical needs for Myanmar cyclone survivors |
| Theallineed.com |
While a second storm looms over Myanmar's cyclone-ravaged Ayeyarwady Delta, there remains a critical need for food, shelter, medical supplies and water in many of the area's 1,700 villages where UNDP and its implementing partner PACT work.
As the country awaits the arrival of 160 international humanitarian relief personnel from neighboring countries, expected to arrive in Yangon on Sunday, aid continues to slowly trickle into affected areas. Operational centres and relief networks are in place in Labutta, which gives UNDP the capacity to increase its focus on assessment and delivery to underserved areas such as Ngapudaw, Pyapon and Mawlamyinegyun.
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Technical teams have been organized to arrange field assessments as a component of the Early Recovery Cluster, led by UNDP. These will be carried out by many of the UNDP and PACT 500-strong field staff and project personnel in the Delta, in cooperation with additional aid agencies working in the region.
UNDP is continuing to assist UN agencies and international non-governmental organizations with its field delivery capacity. Together with the World Food Programme, it is still delivering rice to affected village communities, with a concerted effort to use UNDP offices in Yangon and the field to aid and coordinate logistics. In Labutta, water and sanitation activities have commence, in partnership with UNICEF, and small relief item deliveries are to be expanded there and in Bogale. UNDP will also deliver tarpaulins from the UN High Commisssioner for Refugees and other relief items to Ngapudaw this week.
As of 15 May, the official death toll stands at 43,318, with 1,403 injured and 27,838 missing. Current estimates point to between 1.6 million and 2.5 million people severely affected by the consequences of the cyclone.
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