Desperate Times in Burma

The situation in Burma is going from bad to worse. At least 60,000 are confirmed dead and the number is expected to exceed 100,000. But thanks to the fear and short-sightedness of the Burmese government the survivors may not be survivors for long. For over a week the people were lucky enough to survive have been searching for clean water and food and are being denied supplies brought in over the last several days.

The United Nations, the World Food Programme, other NGOs, and many governments have offered aid and some have already made drops of supplies. But these assets have been confiscated by the Burmese government who will also not allow aid workers to assist in the distribution of supplies. There are piles of food and water and the government will not distribute them to its desperate citizens.

How can this be happening? How can the Burmese government just sit on the relief supplies while its citizens desperately need the aid? We can only hope, pray, meditate, whatever you do, that the government will come to its senses and accept the aid that is being offered to them.