Victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma
It has now been 2 months since the devastating Cyclone Nargis hit the Irrawaddy delta region of Burma. Peoples lives in the Irrawaddy delta region are in complete chaos. Mothers have lost children, children have lost parents, there are people who have lost brothers and sisters and other loved ones. Many people have very little left.
Hundreds of villages were washed away and more than 130,000 people lost their lives. It is estimated that 2.4 million people have been severely affected by the cyclone and almost one million lost their livelihoods.
Fuel is at such a premium that most people cannot afford to use it to burn the bodies of the victims, despite the health risks that this imposes. Therefore, various groups including the Free Funeral Service Society, are collecting the abandoned bodies of the cyclone victims to burn or to bury in graves for sanitation reasons.
Click on an image below to view larger picture. Pictures courtesy of the Aiya Burma Fund.
