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Myanmar: More than 100 thousand hungry children

Barely two years after Hurricane Nargis, Myanmar is back to suffer the devastating effects of violent natural disasters that seem to have respite. The data speak for nearly half a million were displaced.

Friday 22ottobre Giri cyclone made landfall on the west coast of Myanmar, Burma. The numbers are still approximate, up to now have more than 400,000 children and adults affected by the disaster. Specifically, more than 100,000 children are hungry and homeless. "We fear that hundreds of children may have been injured or lost - explains Save the Children - or separated from their parents. Thousands of people have lost their homes and our work teams on the ground report that entire islands have been destroyed. "

schools, homes and, in some cases, entire villages were wiped out.

A major concern is access to drinking water because the wells have been destroyed.

Save the Children aims to reach 80,000 people in the coming weeks with food, water, oral rehydration salts, water purification tablets and blankets.

From Geneva 's UN reported that 22 to 23 October, the tropical hurricane caused 45 deaths and Tours at least 10 missing. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the western part of Myanmar was the most seriously affected by the hurricane, affecting 400 thousand inhabitants, of whom 80 thousand are homeless. To date, there are 15 thousand homes have been destroyed by the hurricane. The World Food Programme (WFP) , the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) , Save the Children and many other organizations have begun the distribution of food for days and provide assistance to the survivors involved in catastrofe.L 'hurricane Giri, would have been classified in 4 / 5 on the Saffir-Simpson and, if it happened in the Atlantic - explain the meteorologists - would be strongest hurricane Nargis, which struck in 2008 Burma, causing 130 thousand deaths. According to the Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, however, the storm was the strongest hurricane Nargis, but hath been able to avoid the thousands of deaths in 2008 thanks to the timely evacuation of preventive action taken by Red Cross.

Unlike the previous disaster, it would lead to more openness on the part of the Government of Myanmar to the finish international aid. Aid workers from NGOs and relevant UN agencies, was granted almost immediately by the entrance to the devastated areas. "The Burmese people will suffer a severe famine food - adds Save the Children - in all the area affected by the hurricane for at least six months."

Eleonora few

Source: http:// www.vocelibera.it/
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