I’ve been reading up on Burma and my heart breaks.  The last death toll “count” [the idea of a count makes me shudder] is 23,000.  The UN fears/estimates that up to 100,000 people have been killed and the up to 1,500,000 people have been affected - people whose homes have been destroyed and are in desperate need of food, water, and medical care.  

The situation is more complicated with the political history /  atmosphere - they haven’t fully opened doors to foreign aid.  The aid they’ve been accepting, like from the World Food Programme, they want to distribute themselves.  Unless things change and aids go through, we’re looking at a situation potentially worse than the tsunami in Sri Lanka and Indonesia.  

Pray for 1) the people who make decisions in Burma - that they would allow aid, 2) the people of Burma and 3) the aid workers on the ground.

Give / Support Aid Efforts.  Don’t know an organization? … That’s cool, I found one for you.  World Vision has 500 workers on the ground, and you can donate to them on their website [www.worldvision.org]. 

Talk & start something.  Spread the word about Burma.  Pray.  Give.  It’s our responsibility.  Don’t turn your eyes away from the brokenness of this world.

 

what will you do?

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Do you know of any local aid relief movements [benefit concerts, prayer gatherings, relief funds, missionaries]? Leave a comment.