by Sean Reilly | Jun 25, 2008
While the world looks elsewhere, the humanitarian and political problems in Burma continue. But global church and development agencies are continuing to work on the short- and long-term development issues facing the country. The US agency Church World Service (CWS)...
by Sean Reilly | Jun 23, 2008
Give a virtual gift on someone else’s behalf for a birthday or Christmas to someone in the developing world through Christian Aid’s Present Aid website here. Christian Aid is appealing for more funds to help survivors of the Burma cyclone so partner...
by Sean Reilly | May 11, 2008
Burmese cyclone survivors face a massive crisis unless they are urgently delivered aid, leading aid agencies have warned – while Prime Minister Gordon Brown called on Burma’s generals to ease restrictions on outside assistance. A likely death toll of...
by Sean Reilly | May 10, 2008
Burma’s military regime is distributing international aid today. But it is covering the boxes with the names of top generals in an effort to turn the relief effort for last week’s devastating cyclone into a propaganda exercise, say news agencies. The...
by Sean Reilly | May 9, 2008
Development agencies and United Nations officials are exasperated at the obstructiveness of the Burmese junta toward an international aid effort aimed at bringing desperately needed supplies to victims of the recent cyclone. This evening, the BBC reported that the...
