On this trip we used boats to reach villages that were inaccessible by road. We noticed that along the roads every 50 meters were groups of riot police but otherwise the roads were eerily empty of people, certainly not like the scene a few weeks ago when refugees lined the roads to get access to private donations. We believe that the government has cracked down on "roadside assistance" and moved all these refugees out of the camps back to their villages as part of the resettlement phase.

The boat ride towards Mya Sein Kan took approximately 3 hours. There was a heavy rain when we departed and the waves were quite big. Along the river we were able to observe that most of the houses have been rebuilt. There were still dead water buffalo carcasses and some human remains were also observed along the way. The passage to Mya Sein Kan was quite small and we had to change the boat since the depth of water was quite shallow. We left our supplies at the big boat and we proceeded to Mya Sein Kan with the small boat.

Other organizations such as AZG and A-Ma-Yar visited Mya Sein Kan. They donated medicines and Tarpaulin sheets. They had food enough for a week ahead and would need more for the coming weeks since the farmers were unable to restart their business. We saw a Christian Group who would be rebuilding 5 houses. They already cleaned and repaired their fresh water ponds (3). They don't have sanitary latrines.

They have only one school (Primary to 7th Standard) which was totally destroyed and has not been repaired. Their professions are farming and fisheries. The paddy seeds were ruined and the farming was incomplete since they lost some animals. 40,000 tins of rice were destroyed.

There is an estimate of 50 orphans and they are looked after by their close relatives. No orphan has been sent to anywhere else, so far. Their main requirement is rehabilitation. The government has provided 5 tractors with the fuel for 8 villages and 550 paddy seeds. However, it is still insufficient to restart the farming activites to the previous level.

On the way back, we stopped at Kyone Hlut Ta Man village. They have one primary school which was also completely ruined. There are a hundred students that have been impacted by the loss of this school. They have one clean water pond at the Monastery and are sharing that water. However, the Monastery structure, which is used as their primary shelter, is currently leaning. The Monk has said that if we drive 10 to 15 minutes from Mya Sein Kan we will get to the mouth of the ocean. There is a long embankment to prevent ocean water not to infiltrate to the paddy field. That embankment is broken after the Cyclone. The Government has brought in an excavator to fix it but they don't have fuel. So the Monk has requested that if the diesel can be provided to run the machinery, they don't need to worry about the heavy rain or the flooded salty water from the ocean.

We also stopped at Thar Yar Aye and Ta Man villages.

Our donation (Expected beneficiaries: 500 households)

*(1 Household: 24 cups of rice, 0.30 vs of oil, 0.20 vs of beans and 0.15 vs of salt)
**(1 Household: 24 cups of rice, 0.30 vs of oil, 0.40 vs of beans and 0.30 vs of salt)