Cyclone Giri - Two Years On - Burma Action Ireland
Cyclone Giri - Two Years On - Burma Action Ireland
Cyclone Giri - Two Years On - Burma Action Ireland
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Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation<br />
<strong>On</strong> October 22, 2010 <strong>Cyclone</strong> <strong>Giri</strong> lashed Arakan State along the Bay of<br />
Bengal in Western <strong>Burma</strong> (Myanmar), causing at least 259 deaths and leaving<br />
over 200,000 Arakanese people homeless. Furthermore, there was<br />
widespread damage to homes, paddy farms, fishing equipment and<br />
infrastructure.<br />
<strong>Cyclone</strong> <strong>Giri</strong>: <strong>Two</strong> <strong>Years</strong> <strong>On</strong><br />
Voices from the Arakan State of Western <strong>Burma</strong> (Myanmar)<br />
The first report of the Arakan Human Rights and Development Organisation (AHRDO) - published on the<br />
second anniversary of <strong>Cyclone</strong> <strong>Giri</strong> - documents and highlights the situation in Arakan State before, during<br />
and after the cyclone. AHRDO wants to draw the Burmese government and international attention to the<br />
ongoing need for assistance to the affected Arakanese community, urging local and international media to<br />
highlight the continuing difficulties faced by the communities in Western <strong>Burma</strong>’s Arakan State affected by<br />
the disaster.<br />
www.arakanhrdo.org<br />
info@arakanhrdo.org<br />
Tel./ Fax: + 66 (0) 55 030 249<br />
Mobile: + 66 (0) 816 736 326<br />
P.O Box - 113, Mae Sot, Tak - 63110, Thailand
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