Friday, June 06, 2008

Burma Salong, by Åsa Ståhl / Erik Sandelin, evening 4 Juli, raketa studio, nytorget 15 A



Burma dagligen och accentuerat nu: Censurkommittéer godkänner eller avslår
– sätter en slags stämpel på – allt som visas i det offentliga rummet. Det
här hade fått avslag. En av de senaste nyheterna på sajten www.mizzima.com
är att juntan förbjuder fler proxy-sajter. Det betyder att det blir svårare
att tillgå och sprida information på internet. Eller, som en
internetanvändare i den största staden Rangoon uttrycker det: "We cannot
visit government banned sites through freedom mails because they come under
the ban”
http://www.gitameit.com/

Project Beyond Rangoon - Relief Trip 8
”… we gave pens, crayons and paper to the villagers of Poe Laung so they
could sit down and began to draw their experiences from the cyclone. This
served as both a therapeutic activity and something fun for their
children.”

Total relief items delivered on trip #8:
120 50-kilo bags of rice; 2 60-kilo bags of garlic; 2 60-bags of potatoes;
2 60-kilo bags of onions; 6 60-kilo sacks of beans; 150 1-litre bottles of
oil; 160 kilos of dried fish; 300 bars of soap; 100 boxes of mosquito
coils; 100 cans of tuna; 30 mosquito nets; 500 packages of dried noodles;
10 rain-catchers for fresh water; 30 tarps; 80 cans of condensed milk; 600
packages of coffee mix; 300 bottles of water; donated clothes and shoes;
400 packages of biscuits; 1 sack of ginger; 100 ponchos; 20 umbrellas; 100
lighters; cooking utensils; medical supplies (paracetamol, ORS, iodine,
etc), 500 candles, 100 flashlights; paper, crayons, and markers; 300
blankets; 100 towels; half sack of fish paste powder (for seasoning)
http://nicainburma.wordpress.com/

At 11:00 a.m. we reached the Mayan village. The elementary school had still
no roof and the broken bricks were still on the floor. We could not
understand why the government announced that the schools were reopened. But
the new academic year has started for Mayan children who have no school to
go to. Our group donated notebooks, pencils and snacks for those children.
And our volunteer doctor did some medical check-up for the villagers and
distributed medicines. Then, we left the village. On our way, the dead body
we saw last time was still in the field.

Från privat mejl:
Though the storm does not reach to where I live, It certainly has
affect on the prices of all commodities the whole burma, especially
the food, RICE!! It's triple now!
Läs mer:
http://www.mizzima.com/

Censor bans journals from reporting on cyclone
http://www.irrawaddy.org/

Burma’s best-known comedian, Zarganar, who threw his energies into helping
victims of Cyclone Nargis, was arrested at his Rangoon home on Wednesday
night, according to a close friend.
http://www.dvb.no/

Schools demand fees from pupils after cyclone