Burma Update - 14/10/2008 09:05

Our partner, Pastor Timothy is currently travelling into Burma and the Irrawaddy Delta again. It is now the start of ‘open season’, the finishing of the monsoon season. The opportunity is now here for us to start building houses for the poorest among the poor there in the Delta. Pastor Timothy will be assessing where the greatest need is and where we can begin to build.On his last visit to the area, he visited several villages. Not only had many lost their loved ones, but their homes and possessions and their means of livelihood had also been swept away. Several families were bunking together in whatever buildings and homes that managed to survive the Cyclone. The pathways were thick with mud making access through the villages difficult. Even the more solid buildings that still remained were not that secure and roofs were leaking everywhere, some were even slanting in the...