Planning: Project 4

Planning for Project 4 is under way. This will be a bigger project, and the team will travel south west into Irrawaddy Division. The trip is expected to take 2-3 days. The team is planning to leave on Sunday.

One of the volunteers will leave tomorrow to a town in the Irrawaddy Delta to pay for the rice sacks which were previously reserved. He is expected to return on friday. 200 blankets have also been reserved from a seller in Yangon.

According to our sources, aid is allowed into any area provided that donated items come from local sources i.e. all donors and volunteers must be burmese. Checkpoints have been stationed on the roads out of Yangon and on the way to the delta.

Each area has also been assigned to a local businessman to take charge of rescue operations. Any groups wishing to distribute aid must seek prior permission from these businessmen.

As it is an uncertain time for both cyclone victims and volunteers, we ask for your patience and understanding that we may not be able to move as fast as we want to.