Burma’s cyclone children facing wipeout, say charities

[DesertRat]

Source: The Sunday Times

A generation of children could be wiped out if help does not quickly get through to the cyclone-stricken villages of Burma, according to international officials frustrated by the military junta’s obstruction of western aid workers.

Charities warned that epidemics of “apocalyptic proportions” could be caused by delays in securing supplies of fresh water and medicines.

Latest estimates suggest that up to 116,000 people died when a tidal surge swept across the Irrawaddy delta from ocean water whipped up by Cyclone Nargis.

Of 1.7m who have been left homeless or are in distress, many hundreds of thousands are children who are most vulnerable to waterborne diseases. Reports of dysentery have already surfaced and there are fears of a measles epidemic.



Read more: http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/world/asia/article3908641.ece

[Bobbieo]

1. Are some of these poor children possibly the effect of Bush's Global Gag Order

which cut off US aid to International Planned Parenthood funding - his first official act as president way back in 2001.

[Patriot Abroad]

2. Regardless of that . . . .

They are children at severe risk of dying now. If they were worth the Bush administration cutting off Planned Parenthood info then so that more children would be produced, he and the USA should try to find a way to help them now.

But sure, Burma's been a mess most of our lives . . .

[shanti]

5. and they're not the only children

being wiped out. look at africa, haiti :cry:

[ananda]

4. typical rightwing view.

Keep women pregnant and reproducing, but
don't help them or the kids afterwards.

[Towlie]

3. McCain's convention manager worked for that military junta

http://www.newsweek.com/id/136321

"John McCain's choice to manage the GOP convention this summer is lobbyist Doug Goodyear, whose firm once represented Burma's repressive regime."

[DesertRat]

6. Wow, I didn't know that

Thanks for the link.

[Towlie]

7. Just revealed: Doug Goodyear has quit.

As a result of the controversy over his employment by the junta, Doug Goodyear has quit.

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/10/AR2008051002762.html

[superkia]

8. I bet those who believe we need to shrink the population, like...

Ted Turner, are enjoying this and the Iraq fiasco. All the money in this world and our world leaders cant figure out how to get these people what they need...truly sad!