Burma (Myanmar) has been devastated by the deadliest natural disaster in living memory. When Cyclone Nargis hit on Saturday 3rd May the destruction was magnified by a storm surge which sent a wave 3.5 m high across the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region, flattening homes and cutting power-lines. The Christian minority, numbering nearly four million, has been severely persecuted for decades and Barnabas Fund is sending aid to ensure that they do not miss out on the help they need at this time of crisis.

The main city, Rangoon (Yangon) is one of the five regions declared disaster zones. In Bogolay, a city of 190,000, an estimated 95% of the homes have been destroyed. In rural areas, where many Christians live and where building materials are often bamboo or wood, the damage is assumed to be even worse than in the cities where buildings are of brick and concrete; help has not yet reached most of these areas. Many coastal villages have been virtually obliterated. The death toll is currently estimated at 22,000 but expected to rise. Up to a million people could be homeless, and vast rice-growing areas have been destroyed.

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