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22/7/08 - True Stories - Families say thank you for new homes
Our church partners sent a brief report on some of the families that have already moved into their new homes.
Most are overwhelmed to move into a home better than they had before.
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2/7/08 - ANZAC Field Report Released - Myanmar
Myanmar Catastrophe
Over 130,000 killed or missing. FTH rushes to partner with local Myanmese church to bring emergency food and relief items into this devastated country.
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2/7/08 - Myanmar Catastrophe - Precarious Position
MYANMAR: Cyclone assessment reveals critical
food, water shortages
BANGKOK, 25 June 2008 (IRIN) - An estimated 46 percent of families in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady delta have less than two days' worth of food, according to an initial post-disaster assessment...
Food shortages were just part of the preliminary findings, with 60 percent of households reporting inadequate access to clean drinking water, while 22 percent reported being under psychological stress...
And while the region's resilient villagers have rebuilt some form of shelter for themselves, those are mostly fragile bamboo structures, with an estimated lifespan of just two years, far worse than the sturdier wooden houses they had before.
"They are building back worse, not building back better," Blewitt said."
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2/7/08 - Myanmar Catastrophe - Photo Updates
FTH Australia has now over 120 images online from the Myanmar disaster relief operations.
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