Myanmar
Meal Packs have been distributed to provide food and medical supplies to tens of thousands in the Irrawaddy Delta, who lost their homes and livelihoods because of Cyclone Nargis.
- Here, getting Meal Packs to the population requires bravery by volunteers, who secretely have crossed the border from Thailand to access the population.
- One beneficiary is a father of four, who lost two children and his wife in the floods. After saving his two surviving children from the floods and reaching higher ground, the Meal Packs help nourish his family, which had been in survival mode for days.
The country is one of the poorest nations in Southeast Asia, suffering from decades of stagnation, mismanagement and isolation.
- The population of Myanmar (Burma) was approximately 55,390,000 in 2010.
- Tens of thousands were killed or displaced by the cyclone disaster in 2008.
- XanGo provided real help to the people of Myanmar.
