{"id":806,"date":"2008-05-07T16:12:12","date_gmt":"2008-05-07T20:12:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/?p=806"},"modified":"2008-05-07T16:12:12","modified_gmt":"2008-05-07T20:12:12","slug":"aid-to-burma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blacknell.net\/dynamic\/2008\/05\/07\/aid-to-burma\/","title":{"rendered":"Aid to Burma"},"content":{"rendered":"

I saw two headlines at the newsstand, this morning. The first was “60,000 Dead or Missing in Burma<\/a>“. The second was “Aid Trickles In To Myanmar”. There’s nothing we can do about the first headline, but we can each individually do something about the second. It’s hard to overstate what a mess Burma is, even aside from the cyclone. The military government there will be completely incapable of caring for its citizens in this situation.\u00c2\u00a0 So please join the rest of the world in its efforts to provide at least some basic level of assistance to the Burmese people.<\/p>\n

One organization on the way is AmeriCares<\/a>, a nonprofit international relief and humanitarian aid organization. A representative working with AmeriCares told me that they have “assembled life-saving medical and other humanitarian supplies at their Stamford, CT and Amsterdam warehouses to be shipped immediately to their partners on the ground in Myanmar. AmeriCares staff are also en route to the region.”<\/p>\n

If people would like to donate to AmeriCares efforts they can do so by visiting www.americares.org<\/a> or by calling 1-800-486-HELP.<\/p>\n

Another reputable organization is Medecins Sans Frontieres\/Doctors Without Borders.<\/a>, and they are also active in the efforts in Burma.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I saw two headlines at the newsstand, this morning. The first was “60,000 Dead or Missing in Burma“. The second was “Aid Trickles In To Myanmar”. There’s nothing we can do about the first headline, but we can each individually do something about the second. It’s hard to overstate what a mess Burma is, even […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_exactmetrics_skip_tracking":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"activitypub_content_warning":"","activitypub_content_visibility":"","activitypub_max_image_attachments":4,"activitypub_interaction_policy_quote":"anyone","activitypub_status":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-806","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-society"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t