nargis

After the Quake, Fingers Point at Beijing

An estimated 10,000 children died in the earthquake in Sichuan province in China, and aftershocks are still echoing through the region. In one school with 900 children near the epicenter, only 13 students emerged alive. Parents…

By Tricycle

May 28, 2008

Personal Reflections

Adelle Lutz from Burma 2

Mae Sot is a bustling border town a 7- hour bus ride out of Bangkok. As Dharamsala is to the Tibetans in India, so likewise is Mae Sot the center, or even hotbed, of Burmese-in-exile in…

By Tricycle

May 28, 2008

Personal Reflections

Adelle Lutz Reports from Burma

I came to Thailand to volunteer in the Cyclone Nargis relief work. In the few days that I have been in Bangkok, the numbers of Burmese at risk in the aftermath of the disaster has more…

By Tricycle

May 28, 2008

Aid Stolen in Burma

It’s a growing problem: The Burmese military continues to steal international aid packages sent to aid victims of cyclone Nargis. An estimated 1.5 million Burmese face — (UPDATE: 2.5 million) — disease and starvation and little…

By Tricycle

May 14, 2008

Has Nargis caused more death than the 2004 tsunami?

Terrible images from the cyclone from the site of a music school in Rangoon: The post-cyclone situation here is worse than even our previously pessimistic estimates. The total worldwide deaths from the 2004 tsunami reached 220,000…

By Tricycle

May 12, 2008

“Nowhere Near the Scale Required”

There’s been a lot of back and forth over aid to Burma, but the first U.S. plane has just landed. A number of other flights arrived over the weekend and some supplies reached Burma by land.…

By Tricycle

May 12, 2008