5 WEEKS AFTER CYCLONE NARGIS
The village of „Shwe Kyune Tar, deep in the south of the
Ayeyarwaddy Delta, was a very idyllic
village, before cyclone Nargis brought dead and devastation
on May 2nd. Up to this day the people had not so much to
worry, as everybody had a place to stay and enough to eat.
There was a monastery, the heart of the village, and even a
little school.
After cyclone Nargis had passed and the 3-4 meter high
tidal wave had almost washed everything away, there was
nothing left from the village. The houses were gone and even
from the once so splendid monastery, were only the steps
left. From 900 women, men and children, only 200 women, men
and children survived the cyclone.
 
The survivors were brought by boat to Myaung Mya (appr.
9 hours). There they found for the time being shelter and
security at the Shwetahlyaung Pagoda.
 
On May 16th (2 weeks after the cyclone) we brought food,
clothes and medicine to Myaung Mya and met during our stay
also the survivors from „Shwe Kyune Tar“. Spontaneous we had
decided to help those villagers in the coming weeks and
months and as the villagers were going back to their village
(or what was left), we were back in Myaung Mya together with
Shwe Yee’s brother, U Soe Yi and Ma Khin Myat Maw (two of
our guides), buying food, medicine, drinking water and other
important things needed for the first days and travelling
with the villagers via Labutta to „Shwe Khun Tar“.
The journey was very hard and what we had seen on the way
had touched us deeply. Upon arrival in “Shwe Khun Tar”, the
whole group was standing in front of the destroyed village,
the white flag visible for all of us.
 
Between May 13 and May 21 we received the amount of US$
3880,35 and delivered food, drinking water, medicine and
clothes to 2 villages in the delta region.
 
Between May 22 and June 6 we received more donations, all
together US$ 4186,99 and had spend a part of the donation to
buy construction material to build new huts, a pump to get
the spoiled water out of the village pond, food, more
medicine and kitchenware.
We would like to help those people for a time period of 6
months to 12 months and hope also for your kind support.
If you like to know more about our project, please contact
us: info@shweyoo.com.mm
You may transfer your donations to our account in
Germany:
Account No.: 4850683
Beneficiary Name: Klaus-Dieter Mueller
Bank name: Sparkasse Offenburg/Ortenau
Bank Address: Berta-von-Suttner-Str. 8, 77654 Offenburg
BLZ: 66450050
Int. Bank Account No. (IBAN): DE41 6645 0050 0004 8506 83
BIC (Swift-Code): SOLADES1OFG
We would be very happy to hear from you and remain with
best regards from Yangon.
Shwe Yee & Klaus Dieter Mueller
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