# Hjälp Burma!
Author: Jane-Lyzell

### _Avaaz Members from 124 Countries Donate $2,000,000 to the Burmese People_

  

#### The Cyclone

![](https://avaazmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/424_HBuLYN8U_Pxgen_r_467xA.jpg) _Burma is devastated by the largest cyclone in its history_  

 

On May 2nd, a massive cyclone struck the coast of Burma. The impoverished and vulnerable Burmese people were not warned by their military rulers. As a wall of water swept the lowlands of the country, as many as 100,000 were killed and 2 million more lost their homes. The survivors continue to face hunger, lack of medical care, and the threat of epidemic and deadly disease.

 

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#### Burmese Military Junta Stops Aid

![](https://avaazmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/resized_427_burma_monks.jpg) _As military rulers stop aid at the borders, monks come to the rescue_  

 

The world rushed to deliver aid -- but Burma's rulers stopped relief workers at the border. Incompetent and suspicious, the ruling junta feared that a foreign presence could undermine their power by bringing greater awareness of their brutal rule. Three weeks later, a donors' summit has been scheduled that may reach a compromise on some aid being brought in, but the needless delay heaped daily suffering on Burma's people.

 

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#### Our Response -- Go Around the Junta

![](http://avaazmedia.s3.amazonaws.com/437_AvaazBurmaVideo-w300.png) _The General Secretary of the International Burmese Monks Organization makes a video appeal for help from Avaaz members_

[http://www.avaaz.org/en/burma\_aid\_report/10.php](http://www.avaaz.org/en/burma_aid_report/10.php)

Vänligen Jane

## Comment 1
Author: [Borttaget]

är redan med i den org. de gör ett fint jobb.![Glad](../tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-smile.gif)

## Comment 2
Author: Jane-Lyzell

Vad Bra![Skrattande](../tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif)

## Comment 3
Author: [Borttaget]

Jag hjälper till genom Lionet.

## Comment 4
Author: Jane-Lyzell

Kanon![Skrattande](../tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif)

## Comment 5
Author: CatarinaJ

Jag är världförälder genom UNICEF och de har insatser i området ![Skrattande](../tiny_mce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-laughing.gif)

## Comment 6
Author: Jane-Lyzell

Härligt att höra att så många är engagerade:-)

Kram Jane

## Comment 7
Author: CatarinaJ

Men det är viktigt att kunna dela med sig! Vi har ju faktiskt ett visst överflöd... Därför är det bra att denna tråd finns, för att påminna oss...