Min Min: One Year Later
Min Min, a 7-year-old boy, is overcoming his fear after the cyclone that killed eight other children in his village and left his family struggling to recover.
Recovering from Nargis
Cyclone Nargis: The First Anniversary
A cyclone devastated the Irrawaddy Delta in Myanmar in May 2008. Read about the courageous people who live in the delta, and their heroic efforts to rebuild in Save the Children's report on Myanmar one year after Nargis.
After the Cyclone (PDF)
Surviving the Cyclone: Ma Mi Cho's Story
Ma Mi Cho, her husband and her four children made it through Cyclone Nargis but now find themselves in a daily struggle just to survive as local economies are slow to recover one year after the storm.
Read their story
- Population: est. 48 Million
- Location: Western part of Southeast Asia on Bay of Bengal and Andaman Sea
- Total area: 262,000 Sq. mi. approx. size of Texas
- Largest city: Yangon
(formerly Rangoon )
- Capital: Nay Pyi Daw
- Save the Children staff: more than 500 staff on location in 35 offices; in Myanmar since 1995.
Sources: 2008 World Fact Book; UNICEF; Britannica Online
