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Page 1 of 80Mu gyan (Draft) Mu gyan (Draft) Mu gyan (Draft) Mu gyan (Draft)
A Diary of the Cyclone Nargis 2008
Draft 2 May 2009
Contents
1. Aid Pledge2. Countries3. Day by Day Events4. Donation Accepted5. Individuals6. Organizations7. Military Junta8. Voices
1. Aid Pledge
Countries / Organizations Date Aid Pledge / Donation
Avaaz Organization Jun 08 $3 million (monasteries)Australia 11 May 0825 May 0823 Jul 08$25 million (UN)$24 million (UN)extra $29 millionBill & Melinda Gates Foundation 13 May 08 $1 million (CARE)Bulgaria 5 June 08 EUR 50,000 (UN/EU)Burma K5,000 million ($5 million)Canada 8 May 0823 May 08$2 million (UN)additional $12 million (World FoodProgram, UNICEF, World VisionCanada and CARE Canada)China 6 May 0825 May 08$1 million (material aid)$10 million (UN)Total: $ 11 millionCzech Republic Initial $165,000, additional $165,000Dalai Lama, the 14
th
, Tibetan spiritualleader 9 Jun 08First: Indian Rupees 50,000Second: Indian Rupees 500,000 (USD12,5000, ABMA)European Commission 6 May 0825 May 0825 May 08EUR 3 million$72.5 million (UN)additional $26.8 millionFrance $320,000Germany $775,000Greece $300,000India $200,000 (Shwedagon Pagoda
 
Page 2 of 80renovated)Indonesia 10 May 08 $1 million (UN)Israel 7 May 08 $100,000 (material aid)Italy 8 May 08 $300,000 (medicine and others)Japan 10 May 08Jul 08$10 million (UN)additional $21 millionKorea, South25 May 08$2.1 million (material aid)additional $400,000 (material aid)Total: $2.5 million (UN)Malaysia 12 May 0825 Jun 08$1 million (Burmese military junta)Additional MR 2 million (medical aid)Malaysian Buddhist Association (MBA)27 Dec 08 MR 1.05 million (Burmese ShanghaOrganisation) New Zealand 10 May 08Jul 08$394,000 (UN)further $2 millionNigeria 23 Dec 08 $500,000 (Burmese military junta,bypass UN programs)Norway 5 May 0812 May 08NOK 10 million ($2 million)Additional NOK 40 million ($8 million)(UN, Norwegian, Burmese andinternational organizations)Philippines 25 May 08 $20 million (UN)Red Cross (UK)Red Cross (Singapore)6 May 083 Jan 09$6,000$12 millionSingapore $200,000Spain $775, 000 (WFP)Sri Lanka $25,000 (Burmese military junta)Thailand 6 May 08 $100,000 (Burmese military junta)Timor, East 4 Jan 09 $500,000United Kingdom 6 May 0810 May 0815 May 084 Jun 089 Jul 08£5 million£7 million (UN)£12 million (aid effort)£10.5 million (Red Cross, NGO)£17.5 millionUnited Nations 10 May 0825 May 0813 Feb 09$187 million seeking$201 million seeking$700 million (2009-2011)United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) 8 May 08 $8 millionUnited States of America 5 May 086 May 0825 May 085 June 0812 Jun 0810 Dec 08$250,000 emergency fund, US Embassyin the Southeast Asian nation$7 million$3.25 millionTotal: > $20.5 million (aid)Total: $26 million (aid)$12 million (WFP)Total: 35 million$7 millionTotal: 96 million (2008)
 
Page 3 of 80World Vision 6 May 08 $3 millionThe military
regime
has received $43 million from international communities. DVB, 20 May 2008Ahead of a donor conference in Rangoon on Sunday,
Human Rights Watch
warned donors that beforethey committed themselves to reconstruction projects they should obtain a commitment from the regime tomake a significant contribution of its own. So far the regime has committed US $4.4 million (5 billionkyat)—hardly “significant” from a government that holds an estimated $4 billion in foreign reserves and isthought to collect $150 million monthly in revenues from gas exports. Burma specialist
Sean Turnell 
, of Macquarie University in Australia, posed the question: where is all that money sitting? And he came up withthe answer: “What we do know is that it’s sitting somewhere where Burmese people can’t get access to it.”Turnell added: “Either it’s sitting offshore or it’s sitting in the accounts of the Burma Foreign Trade Bank orthe Central Bank. But it looks like it’s only accessible by Than Shwe and perhaps one or two others; it’s notbeing used for the benefit of the Burmese people, which of course is critical at the moment.” Aung Zaw,The Irrawaddy, 22 May 2008
Burma
has said it needs more than US$11 billion in pledges. AFP, 24 May 2008The United Nations
World Food Programme
(WFP)’s US$70-million (US$1 = RM3.2) operation todeliver food to the over 2.4 million victims of Cyclone Nargis in Burma faces a 64 percent shortfall, itsexecutive director
 Josette Sheeran
said. So far, WFP received about US$22.2 million donations for its foodassistance operation, including from the European Commission (US$7.8 million), UN CERF (US$5million), United States (US$3.4 million), Germany (US$1.56 million), Switzerland (US$963,000), Australia(US$877,000), Italy (US$779,000), Spain (US$779,000), private donors (US$606,000), Greece(US$200,000) and Luxembourg (US$195,000). The
logistics operation
has received support from UnitedKingdom (US$9.9 million), UN CERF (US$4.2 million), Canada (US$2 million), Denmark (US$1.35million) and Norway (US$972,000). Bernama, 2 June 2008The UN set a goal of $US201.6 million for its relief efforts but so far has received only $US113.2 million,or 56 per cent, from government donors, it says. An additional $US51 million in pledges has not yet beendelivered, the UN said. thewest.com.au, 13 June 2008The UN has issued a revised fundraising appeal for an additional $300 million, to be used on emergencyrelief and the reconstruction phase which could last for a year or more. The Irrawaddy, 18 July 2008Aid to victims has been slow to reach survivors and in some cases was diverted for other purposes by the junta. At the same time it is estimated that the government has already spent $4.5 billion dollars on its newcapital at Naypyidaw. The Aspen Times, 19 July 2008A new U.N.-led report says the damage from Burma’s Cyclone Nargis in May is estimated to be $4 billion.The report released Monday says this includes $1.7 billion in damage to assets and $2.3 billion from loss of income of the victims. The report, prepared by the U.N., the Association of Southeast Asian Nations and theBurmese government, is the first comprehensive assessment of the damage caused by the cyclone in May.AP, 21 July 2008The UN has directed hundred of millions of dollars into Burma since Cyclone Nargis hit, and on July 10asked for $300 million more. But it has now emerged that the UN has lost some twenty percent of the
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