Food for Myanmar's cyclone victims still top priority

Yangon, 25 July 2008 - Twelve weeks after Cyclone Nargis devastated the Ayeyarwady Delta region of Myanmar, hundreds of thousands of families still have a lengthy storm to weather, WFP said. “The situation in Myanmar remains dire,” said Chris Kaye, WFP’s Country Director for Myanmar. “The vast majority of families simply don’t have enough to eat.” ASEAN report The findings of a joint Government, ASEAN and UN report, released earlier this week, substantiate WFP’s concerns and earlier fears of a drastic reduction in household food stocks after the cyclone struck Myanmar’s southern coast on 2 May 2008. The comprehensive assessment confirmed that more than 40 percent of households lost all food stocks during the storm, which washed away entire villages and inundated farmlands with seawater. Additional key findings reveal that 34... [read full story]