On May 21, 3:15=A0am, CharlesLiu <chliu...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
> Plenty of aid has reached Burma, and people truely help do so without
> strings or demands:
>
> - Canadian NGO Global Medicine reachese Burma:
>
> http://news.china.com/zh_cn/news100/11038989/20080508/14827494.html
>
> - Aid from India reaches Burma:
>
> http://cn.reuters.com/article/idCNChina-1111020080506
>
> - ****pment of aid from China reaches Burma:
>
> http://www.china.com.cn/news/txt/2008-05/08/content_15129029.htm
>
> - 2nd ****pment of aid from China reaches Yangoon:
>
> http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/200805/09/t20080509_15410096.shtml
>
> - 3rd ****pment of aid from China reaches Burma:
>
> http://www.ce.cn/xwzx/gnsz/gdxw/200805/09/t20080509_15410096.shtml
>
> http://news.sina.com.cn/c/2008-05-10/201115513578.shtml
>
> Article also mention aid from Thailand, India, Russia, Singa****e, and
> World Food Program arriving Burma by air.
Yes. Myanmar got plenty of foreign aid. And domestic groups seem to
fill the void.
"It's all surprisingly open: drivers pull over and hand out cargos of
noodles and water as armed soldiers look on. Then the kids return to
the churches, temples and schools that have become make****ft refugee
camps in towns across the Irrawaddy Delta."
("An Upside to the Relief Effort, Newsweek, May 26, 2008)
In comparison,
"Conflict and humanitarian crisis in the Democratic Republic of Congo
have taken the lives of an estimated 5.4 million people since 1998 and
continue to leave as many as 45,000 dead every month, according to a
major mortality survey released today by the International Rescue
Committee. "
http://www.theirc.org/news/irc-study-shows-congos0122.html
Where are all the foreign aid workers?
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