Sewa International UK’s Burma Cyclone Emergency Appeal

BY: SANJAY JAGATIA

May 14, LONDON, ENGLAND (SUN) — Please find below an Urgent Appeal by Sewa International Uk to help the unfortunate victims of the cyclone that recently hit Burma. We are sure you will have seen the appalling pictures from Burma, where cyclone Nargis has left more than 100,000 thousand people dead and more than a million rendered homeless without food, water and shelter. The roads to the city are strewn with uprooted trees and electricity poles while roofless houses are surrounded by over spilling water. Videos of the cyclone devastation can be seen here and here.

Medical and other essential supplies. There is an urgent need for food, fresh water, clothing, medication and temporary shelter for the victims. Sewa International is one of the few organizations who have a long-term presence in Myanmar with a network of volunteers and partner organizations who were already in Burma before the cyclone hit the area.

A team of volunteer medical personnel from all over the world have left to help the victims. Our aid workers have been scrambling to deliver equipment and assistance and essential survival kits which include mosquito nets, cooking kits, water purification tablets, rehydration salts, clothing and other essential commodities.

Sewa International is an International humanitarian operating in over 20 countries including USA, Canada, Australia, Burma, West Indies and Africa. In the past, the organisation has undertaken relief activities and raised millions of pounds for major disasters such as Super Cyclone in Orissa in December 1999, Gujarat Earthquake of January 2001, Tsunami of December 2004 (India and Sri Lanka), Flood Relief in Guyana and Mozambique, Famine Relief in Kenya and the Hurricane that hit New Orleans in 2005. These activities ranged from providing immediate medical treatment, shelter, and food to the victims and also providing them permanent accommodation, vocational assistance, counseling and psychological assistance.

Sewa International UK has launched an emergency appeal to help and provide relief to these unfortunate victims. We have already dispatched £10,000 to help with the relief efforts. Your donation will help reduce the sufferings of the people in the cyclone hit areas and will be used to purchase much needed items for immediate distribution and rehabilitation.

PLEASE GIVE WHAT YOU CAN - WE ALL NEED TO ACT BEORE THIS DISASTER CLAIMS MORE AND MORE LIVES: Epidemics of diseases such as cholera, typhoid, hepatitis, diarrohoea and dysentery are now feared; putting thousands more lives at risk.

Barry Gardiner, Member of Parliament for Brent North, a friend and supporter of Sewa International UK, appealed to the people of UK, “now is not the time to worry about Burma’s politics. Now is the time to worry about Burma’s people. Please give generously”.

“As you read this, more and more people especially children are falling victims of this disaster. Please make a donation today. Thank you”

Information & Credit Card Hotline Telephone: 0116 261 0303
(Between 10am - 5.30pm, Monday to Friday)
(10am - 3.00pm Saturday)

Please send your generous donations to (no stamp needed): Sewa International UK, FREEPOST LE 6407, 46-48 Loughborough Road, Leicester, LE4 5LD, UK. (Please make Cheques payable to “Sewa International” and mark the envelope for the attention of: Sewa International UK’s Burma Cyclone Appeal).

Donate securely on-line: www.sewainternational.com - through JustGiving & PayPal

Use Gift Aid and make your donation worth more at no extra cost to you: For every pound you give, we get an extra 28 pence from the Inland Revenue. So just tick the box below, it’s that simple. I am a UK tax payer and I want Sewa International UK to treat all donations I have made for the last six years and all donations I make in future as gift Aid donations, until I notify you otherwise.

For more information please contact:

Sanjay Jagatia
Telephone: 0780 5054776
Email: sanjay.jagatia@ntlworld.com