From IHT.
It is a scene Myanmar’s ruling generals are unlikely to see played out for themselves: As a convoy of trucks carrying relief supplies, led by Buddhist monks, passed through storm-devastated villages, hungry children and homeless mothers bowed in supplication and respect.
“When I see those people, I want to cry,” said Sitagu Sayadaw, 71, one [...]
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From NationalGeographic, by photographer Steve Winter.
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From CounterCurrents.org by Li Onesto.
.. The areas hit by the cyclone make up half of the irrigated farmland in Myanmar—which had produced 65 percent of Myanmar’s rice. Millions of people who survived are now facing hunger, disease and lack of shelter.
There is tremendous wealth, resources, and technology in the world that could be used to [...]
I read it from Inspirationline.
The other day a young person asked me how I felt about being old.
I was taken aback, for I do not think of myself as old. Upon seeing my
reaction, she was immediately embarrassed, but I explained that
it was an interesting question, and I would ponder it, and let her know.
Old Age, [...]
From IHT by Andrew Martin.
Grocery bills are rising through the roof. Food banks are running short of donations. And food shortages are causing sporadic riots in poor countries through the world.
Americans waste an astounding amount of food — an estimated 27 percent of the food available for consumption, according to a government study — and [...]
Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is an independent humanitarian medical aid agency committed to two objectives: providing medical aid wherever needed, regardless of race, religion, politics or sex and raising awareness of the plight of the people we help.
In the United States the name Doctors Without Borders is often used instead.
From PBS Online interview with MSF [...]
From Aljazeera.net.
Mark Canning, Britain’s ambassador to Myanmar, has told Al Jazeera that the relief operation for Myanmar is likely to be twice the size needed in Aceh province in Indonesia, after the 2004 tsunami.
His comments come as a UN official says that Myanmar’s refusal to grant visas to foreign aid teams is “unprecedented in modern [...]