Nyein_Chan said...

Nyein_Chan at 01:35 PM JST - 9th May

Helping Burma and Getting Visa

Some INGOs are requesting that the Burmese government waive the visa (completely) for their staff. This is not going to happen.

The following is what can be done to expedite the process without scrapping it all together.

First, the Burmese Embassies around the world will…

Posted in Japan to give additional $10 million aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar at 01:35 PM JST - 9th May
Nyein_Chan at 01:33 PM JST - 9th May

This is an update (00:20 p.m. EST, May 9, 2008) on international humanitarian aid. In order to minimize the waste (realistically towards less than 15%) I will keep track of international donations (revenue side) and will also ask the people on the ground to kept track of spending (expenditure side).…

Posted in Japan to give additional $10 million aid to cyclone-hit Myanmar at 01:33 PM JST - 9th May
Nyein_Chan at 11:09 AM JST - 8th May

Helping Burma and Getting Visa

Some INGOs are requesting that the Burmese government waive the visa (completely) for their staff. This is not going to happen.

The following is what can be done to expedite the process without scrapping it all together.

First, the Burmese Embassies around the world will…

Posted in Deaths may top 100,000 in Myanmar cyclone: U.S. diplomat at 11:09 AM JST - 8th May
Nyein_Chan at 01:04 PM JST - 7th May

If possible, a (small) plane load of the chain saws and other machineries to cut the trees would be helpful too. If the fallen trees blocking the roads are removed at the current rate manually with big blades, it will take MONTHS to remove the trees, to clean up the…

Posted in Aid arrives in Myanmar as death toll passes 22,000, but worst-hit area still cut off at 01:04 PM JST - 7th May
Nyein_Chan at 01:03 PM JST - 7th May

Don’t SPEND too much on the immediate relief assistance although it is the most visible needs which attract the international assistance most quickly. The rainy season will begin in less than one month. The population without the shelter should and must be moved out of their current temporary shelter and…

Posted in Aid arrives in Myanmar as death toll passes 22,000, but worst-hit area still cut off at 01:03 PM JST - 7th May
Nyein_Chan at 01:03 PM JST - 7th May

Here are some unorganized thoughts about what the INGOs can do to help alleviate the sufferings of the storm victims and how to make the relief materials to the storm-ravaged regions. Use the waterways (not land transport) to transport the relief materials to the Delta region. Why in this world…

Posted in Aid arrives in Myanmar as death toll passes 22,000, but worst-hit area still cut off at 01:03 PM JST - 7th May
Nyein_Chan at 04:07 AM JST - 7th May

The disaster management of the Burmese military government wasn’t slow.

It took only one day (less than twenty-four hours) for Burmese government to declare “emergency” in the five storm-hit regions. It took less than a day for Burmese government to form a crisis-management team. It took less than two days…

Posted in Myanmar cyclone death toll leaps to 15,000; Laura Bush urges junta to let U.S. help at 04:07 AM JST - 7th May
Nyein_Chan at 04:06 AM JST - 7th May

The darker side of the story is that the Burmese military government might be wrong in thinking that the natural disaster and its efforts might be in its favor, resulting in the approval of the constitutional draft.

The usual scenario of the aftermath of natural disasters is that the soldiers…

Posted in Myanmar cyclone death toll leaps to 15,000; Laura Bush urges junta to let U.S. help at 04:06 AM JST - 7th May
Nyein_Chan at 04:06 AM JST - 7th May

Why doesn’t the Burmese government – or the Referendum Commission in particular – want to postpone the referendum in the entire country?

One possible reason is that the Cyclone hit very badly only in several regions of the country and the referendum could go on as scheduled in the rest…

Posted in Myanmar cyclone death toll leaps to 15,000; Laura Bush urges junta to let U.S. help at 04:06 AM JST - 7th May
Nyein_Chan at 12:29 PM JST - 6th May

According to the spokeswoman for the U.N. Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs, the World Food Program (WFP) has 500 tons of food in Yangon and is ready to send the rice into the Irrawaddy Delta region.

What is the point of sending that much rice into rice-growing region?…

Posted in Myanmar cyclone death toll leaps to 15,000; Laura Bush urges junta to let U.S. help at 12:29 PM JST - 6th May