Helping victims of Cyclone Nargis
Posted by Josh Mendelsohn, Program
Manager
Over the past few days, we've followed the devastation left in
the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma). News reports have
tallied more than 22,000 dead with another 41,000 missing.
We're extremely saddened by the loss of life due to this
cyclone, and hope you'd like to help assist with the relief
effort.
As we did after
id="j9np" >last fall's wildfires in Southern California,
we've created a
Donations page so you can easily donate to
id="c4jh" >UNICEF or
id="eiu0" >Direct Relief International.
Both organizations are working to directly assist the victims on
the ground in Myanmar.
To help visualize the damage, there are Google Earth layers showing
an
id="x2oi" >animation of
the cyclone's path (using satellite imagery from the Naval
Research Laboratory) and
id="nzjs" >the extent of the
flooding using data from the UN Institute for Training and
Research Operational Satellite Applications Programme (UNOSAT).
We'll keep posting information to the
>Lat-Long Blog as more data comes
available.
There are also several Google Grants non-profits working to provide href="http://googlegrants.blogspot.com/2008/05/grant-recipients-helping-victims-of.html"
relief to those affected.
>Save the Children currently has a
500-person staff in the area, while
>Oxfam America has committed $800,000 to
help NGOs meet the immediate needs of people.
id="mi.s" >World Vision and
id="b4h7" >Doctors Without
Borders are also taking action with two of the most vulnerable
populations in the crisis: children and the injured. We are pleased
to be working with and supporting these organizations that are
contributing directly to cyclone relief. We encourage you to visit
them and consider lending them your support, too. For more details
on these organizations and other non-profits providing support for
the victims of the disaster, visit the
id="b:qu" >Google Grants blog
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