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Phil Jackman, Director of the Agapé Workplace Initiative in Birmingham has teamed up with Daniel Win of Global Aid Network to build a fast and efficient supply line to 10,000 people living in the Irrawaddy Delta. Phil met Daniel in the Autumn, and was impressed with all the projects he was running along the Thai-Burma border. Five days after Cyclone Nargis hit, he had a call asking for help. As a Burmese national, Daniel had already been given Government permission to send in ten two-person research teams. He knows people all over Burma, and has a relational network that extends right down to village level. There is an urgent need for food, water and medicine. Mass dehydration is evident as the water is now contaminated with the dead. Many of the locals are now suffering with diarrhoea indicating food contamination. Our volunteer staff are suffering from the smell and requesting masks and boots. "Logistics seems to be the main problem", says Daniel. "Army distribution is slow and has limited capacity. We must empower the local people. They are stepping up to the plate on this one". GAiN is distributing dry noodles. But each volunteer can carry only limited supplies. At the moment, they have to travel on foot. Volunteers have requested motorbikes and boats to make the trip easier and quicker. "We are very privileged to have partners on the ground who have free access to come and go in the disaster area. But we desperately need more money. When people are dying every day through malnutrition and disease, you don't save money for a rainy day - you spend it as soon as it arrives." If you wish to make a donation online to this appeal please click here and select 'Burma Aid Appeal' from the drop down list. Cheque donations can be made payable to Agapé and posted to Burma
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