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Myanmar flood response

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With the death toll still rising and widespread destruction of homes and farmland, hundreds of thousands of people are in critical need of assistance in Myanmar in the wake of recent devastating flooding, and the Myanmar government has appealed for international aid. The severity of the flooding has prompted an official emergency declaration for four states and divisions: Rakhine, Chin, Sagaing and Magway.

Despite urgent need and the cooperation of Myanmar’s government, aid donations have been slow to come in. The United Nations estimates that $47 million in emergency relief is needed and that some 160,000 people are in need of lifesaving assistance. One of the longest serving international organizations at work in Myanmar with substantial operations and staff already on the ground in some of the hardest-hit areas, Pact — with your help — is providing immediate relief to flood victims. Please donate today and help families throughout Myanmar begin their recovery.

Pact Global Microfinance Fund has designed an emergency food kit to support a family of five for approximately three days, which we’re delivering through our existing network. Each kit includes rice, potatoes, chick peas, peanut oil and salt, and costs about $6.50. By far the largest microfinance institution in the country, Pact Global Microfinance has suspended loan collection and employees are instead conducting damage assessments and distributing emergency food, water and other supplies. Pact Global Microfinance is using its physical offices as storage and organizing points.

Roughly half of the 54 townships where Pact Global Microfinance Fund operates have been affected, including about 60,000 client households.

Pact Global Microfinance has distributed about $150,000 total in food aid, with roughly $25,000 coming from staff contributions.

Meanwhile, Pact’s wide-reaching development arm in Myanmar has mobilized to offer victims instant food, drinking water, hygiene kits, life jackets and other necessities in the most heavily affected townships. Pact is also working to begin critical repairs to water, health and sanitation infrastructure.

Once immediate humanitarian needs are met, Pact will shift its focus to longer-term recovery, including helping the people of Myanmar replant agricultural fields and restart other vital businesses and income-generating activities. More than 1 million acres of farmland are estimated to have been damaged. It is imperative that rural communities take advantage of a small window of opportunity to replant crops to avoid lasting devastation.

Pact has two decades of experience in Myanmar, helping millions be healthy, earn a dignified living and take part in the benefits that nature provides. No other international NGO has the network of staff and community volunteers that Pact does, Pact’s geographical reach throughout the country, or Pact’s mosaic of partnerships at the international, national and local levels.

Besides implementing health, water, livelihoods, community development, microfinance, food security and renewable energy programs in Myanmar, Pact has played a major role in responding to past natural disasters in the country. We were on the front lines of Cyclone Nargis emergency efforts in 2008, providing clean water, food, shelter and medical care. During the 2007 floods in the Irrawaddy Delta and Magway, Pact leveraged its staff and local networks to provide vital relief.