A Christian Aid partner has described the full horror of the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis and the desperation of the survivors.
While our partners are now carrying out the urgent relief work: distributing blankets, medicines and water purification tablets to 100,000 people, much more is needed.
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A staff member of one of our partners in Rangoon says the news from the Irrawaddy delta region is horrific.
'We are receiving reports about an incredible amount of bodies floating in the rivers. There is a shortage of boats which delays the removal of the bodies that are polluting the water,' she said.
She said the situation for the survivors is desperate. She added local organisations have been advised not to approach the worst hit town as people are so dire that they will attack relief workers.
She continued to say that people were suffering from both a lack of shelter and food: �400 people from nine small villages have lost everything they owned. They do not have a school building where they can seek shelter so they have made temporary shacks. They have not received any help at all, so they have resorted to plundering a privately-owned rice store.�
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