I usually send you emails about our amazing travel deals, but today, I want to tell you about a real opportunity to do something very important for the people of Myanmar (Burma), who are caught in a catastrophe beyond imagination. While Cyclone Nargis has caused unfathomable destruction and death on a massive scale, the major problem right now is getting help to those who need it most.
So far, only a tiny number of emergency volunteers and NGO's have managed to reach the most devastated areas of the Irrawaddy Delta, where cyclone survivors are suffering from torrential monsoon rains, without shelter, clothing, food and basic medicines. For the moment, the best and most expedient way to get help fast to the people who need it most is through the Burmese people themselves, the local volunteers who are trying to reach survivors with water, food and medicines before they succumb to the illnesses and hunger that are sure to come in the aftermath of the cyclone without immediate help. And that's the opportunity I want to tell you about.
Our representatives in Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam, Exotissimo Travel, also have offices in Myanmar. Volunteers from the Yangon (Rangoon) office of Exotissimo have already bought and delivered supplies for a field hospital, a significant quantity of water, rice and other food stuffs, plastic sheeting for shelter, medicine and clothing. They have delivered the supplies personally, in rented trucks and boats, to the people in the Irrawaddy Delta, who are the most at risk. You can read their personal account at .
http://www.friendlyplanet.com/
If you have been watching the horrific images coming out of Myanmar and feel moved to help, please donate whatever you can. It doesn't take much money to make a big difference, and the money you give is going directly, 100%, into immediate emergency assistance.
In thanks,
Peggy M. Goldman
President
Friendly Planet Travel
http://www.friendlyplanet.com
