[Buddha-l] An animation about Burma~~~~~~~

[jkirk]

An animation by Scott Bateman of my colleague Edith Mirante's
commentary about Burma's hip hop underground (political
prisoners):  on the front page of Salon.com today, May 22:
www.salon.com .

Exact link:  http://tinyurl.com/4vf2em

Edith is the author of two books on Burma:
_Burmese Looking Glass_ ; & her latest book,
 _Down the Rat Hole : Adventures Underground on Burma's
Frontiers_. Bangkok, Orchid Press.
http://d30021575.purehost.com/indiv_titles.html#rathole

Available at Powells Books:
http://www.powells.com/s?kw=down+the+rat+hole ,

your local bookshop, or amazon.com.

Included are useful links for donating to Burmese cyclone relief.
These either are there already and locally, or are able to work
with Burmese (non-junta) teams.

Joanna


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MASSIVE HUMANITARIAN DISASTER IN BURMA

Cyclone Nargis has inundated Burma's densely populated
rice-growing Irrawaddy Delta, destroying entire towns and
villages. Tens of thousands of people have been killed by the
storm and as many as a million survivors are homeless. This
disaster has been compounded by the regime's deliberate delay of
international emergency assistance.

DONATIONS for disaster relief can be made via these
organizations:

Global Health Access Program  (funding indigenous emergency teams
currently providing aid) http://www.ghap.org/how_to_help/cyclone/

Thirst-Aid (water purification is an urgent priority)
http://www.thirst-aid.org/Poster.html

Medical Emergency Relief International (already bringing aid to
the  Delta)           http://www.merlin.org.uk/

Avaaz.org (special fund via Burma's Buddhist monks)
https://secure.avaaz.org/en/burma_cyclone/

MercyCorps (experienced disaster relief experts with local
partners) www.mercycorps.org/




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