Myanmar Cyclone Orphans
 

Dear Friends,

Two years ago today, on 2^nd May 2008, a powerful cyclone Nargis hit south and rice bowl of Myanmar, the Ayeyarwaddy delta, killing 240,000 and left 2.4 million in destitution. It was the worst natural disaster in Myanmar's history. More than half of those who died are women and children and those children who survived lost one or both parents and they are in great need of help.

The rural poor were hardest hit by the strong wind and tidal waves as mangrove forests, the natural defences in the event of such disasters, have disappeared long ago due to many years of illegal logging. The scale of destruction was worst in Bogalay Township. For example, in a group of 38 villages (known as village tract), all 3174 houses disappeared under 15 feet high tidal waves. Of the 15,918 people only 3069 survived. There are similar stories in other townships in the same area....

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Our Mission

Many Communities in the world rely heavily on their natural environments to sustain their everyday lives. However rainforests, the very lungs of the world, are continuously destroyed in many countries. This causes global warming which is posing as the greatest threat to these natural environments. FORM strongly believes in protecting such natural environments with rainforests in order to give opportunity to the communities to improve their quality of life.

To achieve our mission FORM is working with following objectives:

• Protection of environment with conservation of rainforests and its wildlife
• Reduction of poverty with microfinance system
• Promotion of education and health
• Promotion of the use of renewable energy