Approximately USD 81,000 (SGD 110,000) has been raised for our Emergency Mynamar relief which has gone directly into helping the local people affected. The funds have enabled rice to be distributed to over 6000 households now and about 4000 of these will receive weekly distribution over the next four weeks.
Kun Gyan Gon is about 3 hours south of Yangon. This was one of the most badly hit areas. We no have the means to access this area which was restricted earlier.
In Dala, we will embark on a strategy of focus on unassisted areas. The village of Ta Gyi in Dala consists of 850 houses. More than 60% were destroyed. This was a poor community before the cyclone and is now a mess of temporary thatched structures. There is no church or house church of any kind in the entire village. Until today, no government assistance has been given to them. Although the village authorities were initially resistant to our assistance, they are now welcoming us wholeheartedly. We plan to continue to provide emergency assistance to the village immediately and in the mid-term to assistn with rehabiliation and reconstruction projects.
Next week, we will deliver one more time to the Shwe Pau Kan and North Dagon areas. There have been many good testimonies of how our efforts have brought much favor from the authorities and community in those areas.Approximately USD 3500 have been distributed for house repairs to about 10 people.
