Survivors are still arriving at relief camps in the Irrawaddy Delta nearly two weeks after Cyclone Nargis hit Burma according to Christian Aid partners.
�The numbers arriving are going down, but people are still coming,� said a Christian Aid partner.
Although foreign aid workers are currently not allowed to enter cyclone-hit areas, local partner organisations are continuing to work normally and are distributing food, water, shelter, medicines, sarongs, shoes, mosquito nets, plastic mats and baby blankets to thousands of people.
They gained experience for this kind of relief work from the Asian tsunami in 2004 which hit some of the same areas.
Christian Aid partner organisations are also setting up kindergartens for children in the relief camps and are currently getting supplies of skipping ropes and drawing books and pens.
They have sent medical teams to several areas. One treated more than 700 patients in the first few days after the cyclone.
In the days immediately after the cyclone one partner agency rescued at least 500 people by boat � the only way of reaching people on small islands off the coast and other remote areas in the delta.
Christian Aid partners are still using boats to ferry food and other essential items to affected communities. Partners are buying all supplies locally and at the moment are able to source what they need.
�As long as the money is coming in, we are able to buy what we need to help people,� said a Christian Aid partner.
Partners have also bought mobile phones and radios to keep their staff and volunteers in contact as land line telephones are not working. This way they are alerting people that another cyclone may hit the area.
They report high numbers of orphans in the area, including 1,500 in the two biggest towns.
�The orphan rate is very high and there are child protection issues. We have seen people take advantage of this kind of disaster before by trying to traffick vulnerable children and we are taking seriously our duty to do everything we can to prevent this,� said a Christian Aid spokeswoman.
Partners say they are not yet seeing widespread outbreaks of disease, but there is an urgent need for water purification as there are already cases of children with dysentery.