One of Christian Aid’s partners in Burma is working flat out to find those survivors of Cyclone Naglis who still desperately need help.
A spokeswoman said: 'We continue to locate more areas to assist. In one town we have started delivering 100 bags of rice to help the 4,000 people living there.
'Currently, 1,000 people are staying at a monastery and approximately 3,000 do not have access to proper shelter as there are no relief camps.
Mosquito nets
'We are planning to provide plastic tarpaulin for them to construct makeshift tents soon. In another town, nearly 5,000 people have arrived urgently needing mosquito nets.
'The rescue boats sent to search for survivors in the lowest part of Delta have arrived in one of the main towns with 1,074 more people from the directly hit areas. They have had no food or water for several days.'
'We have sent rice, oil, salt, potatoes, onion, floor mats, blankets, mosquito nets and sarongs for 41,558 people living on one of the isolated islands.'
Much more to do
The spokeswoman continued: 'There still is so much to do however. The delta areas have endured heavy rainfall for several days because of a newly forming cyclone, which luckily dispersed yesterday afternoon.
'The rains continue but at least there will be no cyclone winds. Although the survivors in the camps seem to be doing well, those who remain in the shattered villages still lack proper shelter from the rain. We are providing them with 294,000 yards of tarpaulin.'
The Christian Aid partner is also giving out mosquito nets, blankets, underwear, shoes and thousands of packets of porridge and milk powder, as well as generators and chain saws so people can clear fallen trees.
They are also funding a team of six vets to vaccinate and take care of surviving animals. This is important if villagers are to rebuild their lives and go back to work with livestock.