British Fund Boosts UNDP’s Community-Based Early Recovery Programme in Worst Hit Areas

6 June, Yangon, Myanmar - The British Government has pledged two million dollars boosting the United Nations Development Programme's efforts to assist the people in the cyclone-ravaged Ayeyarwady delta region through a community-based early recovery project aimed at addressing urgent livelihood needs. more...

UNDP boosts resources and assistance in the Delta

12 May, Yangon, Myanmar – UNDP is mobilizing its resources across Myanmar to support UN relief and assessment efforts in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis. Personnel, vehicles and motor boats from other project sites are being utilized in the Ayeyarwady Delta, where the estimated number of severely affected population is between 1.2 and 1.9 million. more...

UNDP supports Cyclone Nargis survivors

8 May, Yangon, Myanmar – At least 22,980 people were killed and more than 42,000 are still missing after Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar on 2-3 May, according to State authorities. Sweeping through the country’s largest city, Yangon and the Ayeyarwaddy (Irrawaddy) Delta region, the cyclone has left hundreds of thousands of people homeless and in need of urgent humanitarian assistance. Both areas remain official disaster zones.more...