Cyclone Nargis swept into Burma on Saturday May 3 2008, killing thousands and causing widespread damage.

All photos below from Disaster Emergency Committee.

Young Red Cross volunteers help their adult mentors as best they can to help some of the 1.5 million people estimated to be affected.

A bemused and still shaken girl sits on her new bed … a few blankets folded on a Yangon street.

Children line up for what limited supplies may be available for distribution.

Militaristic politics have hindered aid, but some organizations have been sanctioned by the ruling Junta.
Please donate to these organizations

Save the Children.
Oxfam.
Care International.