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Save the Children is one of the largest nongovernmental organizations at work in Myanmar today and has worked there since 1995. By far the most significant setback to the country’s stability over the past few years has been Cyclone Nargis, which struck Myanmar in May 2008. The scale of human loss and suffering was vast. Nargis was the worst natural disaster in the history of Myanmar: nearly 140,000 people died and 2.4 million were severely affected by the cyclone. Save the Children played a key role in the ensuing humanitarian response, responsible for nearly 10% of the total raised by the international community, and establishing a large-scale response that reached 40% of all the children severely affected. Our 500 national staff inside Myanmar at the time of Cyclone Nargis has grown to nearly 1,000. Last Updated on October 2011 |
