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Myanmar cyclone – one year on

On 2 May last year, Cyclone Nargis swept the low-lying Delta region of southern Myanmar and areas around Yangon. At least 138,000 people were left dead or missing.

World Vision immediately launched an emergency response to support families with food, drinking water, shelter, medicine and protection programmes for 17,000 children.

One year on, communities are rebuilding their lives. Cyclone-resistant schools are being constructed, and people have begun to resume their livelihoods of fishing and farming. Communities are also developing risk reduction strategies to help lessen the impact of any future disaster.

Children have been at the heart of World Vision’s response to Cyclone Nargis. To find out more about how children were affected by the disaster, and how they are coping one year later, read the stories of Nway, a nine-year-old girl, and Linm, a boy aged twelve.


 

Cyclone Nargis anniversary facts and figures

 Facts and figures

  • 138,000 people left dead or missing
  • 2.4 million people affected
  • 4,000 schools damaged or destroyed
  • Some 350,000 people helped by World Vision during emergency phase
  • 100,000 people to be supported by World Vision during recovery phase
  • Monthly food packages delivered to more than 314,000 people
  • Temporary shelter items given to more than 56,000 households
  • 4,700 households helped with fishing boats, nets, tractors and seeds
  • 108 Child-Friendly Spaces established, serving 17,000 children