R.E.A.C.T. Myanmar (Burma)
Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on 2 and 3 May 2008 leaving around 140,000 people dead or missing. More than 2.4 million people were severely affected. Global Hand sees the ongoing need and is committed to playing our part, even after the initial response has slowed down.
Responding to Emergencies with Appropriateness, Coordination and Timeliness.
If you have information to contribute, or if you need information you cannot find here, please let us know at enquiries@globalhand.org.
"Partnerships between humanitarian actors and private sector companies should be developed in which the core competencies of both parties are valued and leveraged. Though financial contributions may sometimes be easier for humanitarian actors to accept and use, humanitarian action would benefit significantly from access to the expertise, resources, and global, regional, and local networks of the private sector."
[Source: WEF/OCHA Guiding Principles for Public-Private Collaboration for Humanitarian Action]
PARTNERING OPPORTUNITIES
- Many organisations within the Global Hand community and beyond have responded to this situation. Those indicated below with a (*) are Global Hand verified NGOs.
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You are welcome to place an offer on the Global Hand site. Validated Global Hand members will be able to respond to your offer and use it in an appropriate and responsible manner. Please indicate in the description of your offer that you would like to respond to the cyclone in Myanmar.
LONGER TERM NEEDS:
- Financial donations: to donate, fill out the form and we will seek to connect you for fuller discussion of the question in hand
- Reconstruction services, health services and educational services
- Livelihood and income generation schemes
- Health kits, medicines and medical supplies, esp. for malaria and diarrhea; family household kits (containing cooking and cleaning implements, tools, torches, and jerry cans); generators; insecticide-treated bed nets and blankets; fishing boats and agricultural assistance including livestock
- Financial donations: to donate, fill out the form and we will seek to connect you for fuller discussion of the question in hand
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- Further links you may find helpful for the Myanmar crisis. (click to open and close)
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- Global Hand guide for community groups
Global Hand has produced a guide to help community groups respond to disaster with appropriate action.Action contre la Faim (ACF)
Water, Sanitation, & Hygiene Disaster Risk Reduction Assessment- Alertnet
Reuters humanitarian news website which contains regularly updated information regarding the current humanitarian situation in Myanmar.- BurmaNet
An online news service covering Myanmar.- Center for International Disaster Information
Website provides information and guidance in support of international relief operations.Direct Relief International (DRI)/Google Lat Long Blog
DRI plotted all of the Myanmar Ministry of Health facilities (over 700 sites) using data from the WHO 2002 Global Health Atlas survey. They utilized Google Earth's Spreadsheet Mapper tool to quickly create placemarks.- Humanitarian Information Centre (HIC) for Myanmar
This website provides information to the humanitarian community responding to the impact of Cyclone Nargis on the people of Myanmar. It contains documents, maps, contact information and meeting details.- Interaction Members responding
Interaction members accepting contributions for assistance they or their affiliates are providing to those affected by the cyclone in Myanmar.- International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC)
Website provides information concerning IFRC humanitarian activities in respect to Myanmar.- ReliefWeb
ReliefWeb is a United Nations website providing information to humanitarian relief organisations. Updated daily, the website includes press releases, policy documents and situation reports regarding current disasters.- ReliefWeb Map Centre
United Nations website containing detailed maps of the cyclone-affected region of Myanmar.- WHO Communicable Disease Risk Assessment and Interventions: Cyclone Nargis-Myanmar
PDF document providing up-to-date technical guidance on the major communicable disease threats faced by the cyclone-affected population in Myanmar.- WEF/OCHA Guiding Principles for Public-Private Collaboration for Humanitarian Action
The World Economic Forum (WEF) and the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) have devised this set of principles to guide public-private collaboration for humanitarian action (disaster response).Would you like to contact us?
If you would like to discuss a response to the Myanmar cyclone further, feel free to contact us:Email: enquiries@globalhand.org Phone: +852 2272 9390 for Hong Kong office, HQ (Katey Sturrock) +44 1892 614874 for UK office (Ben Solanky)
- Global Hand guide for community groups