Myanmar Devastation
Five of Nway’s family members were killed in the cyclone. She stands beside her school, now lying flat on the ground.
In the midst of chaos, children meditate in one of World Vision’s Child-Friendly Spaces, set up in a monastery. |
For children, moving beyond loss and devastation is especially difficult On the evening of May 2, children in Myanmar went to bed as usual. Hours later they were torn from sleep, as tropical cyclone Nargis collided full-force with the country’s shores.
Think what it was like for a small child. Envision a wave four times your height, lurching straight for the shores of your village. Imagine huddling with siblings inside your hut, as your bamboo roof crashes down on top of you. Picture rushing into the pounding rain, with no idea where you are headed. Imagine learning that half the people in your village – your world – have died.
In the hours after the cyclone struck, World Vision staff in Myanmar moved to provide the basic necessities of life: water, food and shelter. But experience in countless disaster situations tells us children need much more to survive – and eventually thrive. Learn more.
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