May 19 2008
SAS Responds ~ Myanmar Relief Effort
Published by Jason Welker at 6:54 am under Poverty
With the official death count at 130,000 and rising, millions more still need help in the Irrawaddy Delta of Myanmar, where Cyclone Nargis swept through on May 2 destroying homes and lives in thousands of villages.
Shanghai American School is responding to the disaster by sponsoring International Development Enterprises, one of the only international NGOs with people on the ground in Burma. 125 of their staff are already in villages, constructing temporary shelters and providing 200 gallon water tanks to provide fresh water. Their resources are running thin, however, and they need our help.
Follow the link to our fundraising page above, or follow our progress towards our goal of 5,000 GBP in the widget to the right. When you’re ready to help out, click on the link and make your donation! Every little bit helps!
With thanks, Jason
About the author: Jason Welker teaches International Baccalaureate and Advanced Placement Economics at Zurich International School in Switzerland. In addition to publishing various online resources for economics students and teachers, Jason developed the online version of the Economics course for the IB and is has authored two Economics textbooks: Pearson Baccalaureate’s Economics for the IB Diploma and REA’s AP Macroeconomics Crash Course.
Jason is a native of the Pacific Northwest of the United States, and is a passionate adventurer, who considers himself a skier / mountain biker who teaches Economics in his free time. He and his wife keep a ski chalet in the mountains of Northern Idaho, which now that they live in the Swiss Alps gets far too little use. Read more posts by this authorRelated posts:
