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Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association Delivers Aid to Cyclone Survivors in Myanmar
By: PR Newswire
May. 12, 2008 04:31 AM
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LOS ANGELES, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the aftermath of a powerful cyclone that swept through Myanmar with extreme wind and water surges, Supreme Master Ching Hai, 2006 Gusi Peace Prize laureate for her worldwide humanitarian contributions, expressed her great concern and sent relief assistance for the victims. She requested that a team from the Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association, Thailand chapter, travel to Myanmar to join Burmese Association members in relief work. Supreme Master Ching Hai also made a US$20,000 donation for the purchase of emergency supplies. Arriving on May 6, the relief team was one of the earliest aid groups to be able to distribute relief to survivors within the country, and has been working there ever since. Supreme Master Television's correspondent in Myanmar reported, "We decided to go to one camp in Yangon without prior notice. It is a small camp holding about 50 people. They are very happy to receive the gifts and to know that there are some people caring and coming to them." As the devastation resulting from Cyclone Nargis rises to staggering levels of an estimated 80,000 lives lost, international groups attempt to rush relief aid and support to the estimated 1.5 million homeless survivors. Supreme Master Ching Hai wants to convey this message of gratitude to all governments, organizations and relief workers from every corner of the world: "Thank you, all the international help that brings care and necessities to afflicted victims. Thank you all the relief workers for taking time and forsaking your own comfort, even traveling great distance on unfavorable roads and conditions to bring love and assistance to people in time of need. May Heaven bless you abundantly for your generosity and noble sacrifice." Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) concluded that warming oceans could contribute to increasingly severe cyclones with stronger winds and heavier rains. The Myanmar disaster not only has resulted in a huge loss of human and animal lives and property, but vast rice-growing areas have also been completely wiped out, worsening the world food crisis even more. The 2006 United Nations report "Livestock's Long Shadow" points out that meat consumption generates 18% of the world's greenhouse gas emissions, more than all forms of transportation combined. Seventy percent of the Amazon rainforest is now gone, largely to support animals being raised for food, which has greatly aggravated global warming. And one third of grain production worldwide is used to feed livestock instead of humans. Government officials from the United States to the United Kingdom have called for the vegetarian (vegan) solution, pointing out that it is simple and low-tech, it saves money and it's something everyone can do. Australia's Senator Andrew Bartlett, a vegan, stated: "There is no easier, cheaper and more immediate thing we can do to significantly reduce our personal contribution to greenhouse emissions than to cut the amount of meat and dairy products that we consume." Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association is a non-profit organization with worldwide members from all cultural backgrounds. For over two decades, Supreme Master Ching Hai and her Association have devoted considerable efforts toward providing humanitarian relief to disaster victims and the less fortunate, as well as promoting sustainable lifestyle choices such as vegetarianism (veganism), which benefits our planet and all her inhabitants. This news was exclusively broadcast on Supreme Master Television's Noteworthy News. Supreme Master Television is a constructive television channel currently broadcasting 24/7 via 14 satellite platforms worldwide. Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association
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