VOA Special English

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I'm Steve Ember.

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And I'm Barbara Klein with EXPLORATIONS in VOA Special English. International aid organizations are helping survivors of two disasters this month -- a severe storm in Burma and a major earthquake in China. Today we tell about one of these organizations, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies.

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On May second, a severe storm hit the Irrawaddy Delta area of Burma. High winds, heavy rain and floodwaters killed tens of thousands of people. Hundreds of thousands of homes were damaged. The secretary-general of the Red Cross Federation, Markus Niskala, says Cyclone Nargis has affected as many as two million people. He says they lack shelter, food, clean water and health care.

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About twenty-seven thousand Red Cross volunteers in Burma began helping the
Red Cross volunteers help provide aid in Bogolay, Burma

survivors immediately after the cyclone hit. They gave supplies to people in emergency shelters. The International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies has sent tons of supplies and equipment to Burma's Red Cross. The organization said Burma's Red Cross was working without delay to help people in need.

The International Red Cross says clean water is urgently needed to prevent diseases from spreading. The organization launched an appeal for fifty-one million dollars to help five hundred thousand victims of the storm over the next three years.

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