Up to 30,000 people are now believed to be missing following Saturday’s cyclone in Myanmar, with the death toll now reaching 15,000 - and expected to rise further as remote areas are reached.
Tearfund has two main partners in Myanmar, which we cannot name for security reasons. Both are Christian organisations, one has links to more than 4,000 churches.
‘We are making an immediate assessment of the areas of need and planning a swift response,’ commented Tearfund’s Head of Region for Asia, Sudarshan Sathianathan.
‘The church-linked partner will be one of our primary routes for response’, he added.
‘There are no government permissions needed to work through local church and there is strong local capacity.’
In the Delta region of the country – home to an estimated 25 million people – it’s believed up to 90 per cent of homes have been destroyed.
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