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May Thet, Myanmar, “I feel like crying when I see my friends going to school”
		Three months after Cyclone Nargis struck, most of the estimated 2.4 million storm-affected people are still struggling to rebuild their lives. May Thet, a teenage girl, has become the chief family breadwinner, collecting empty water bottles to sell in Mawlamyinekyun, one of the hardest-hit areas. full testimony
Soe Soe, Myanmar: "Life is totally bleak"
		That night I went into labour in a small bamboo, thatched house on the banks of the Pyapon River to deliver my first child. But as the wind roared, my husband and I struggled outside only to see our home destroyed right before our very eyes. full testimony
Nurse Moe Moe, Myanmar: "I want to do my bit"
		Over two months after Cyclone Nargis hit the country, leaving nearly 140,000 dead or missing and 2.4 million badly affected, thousands of people throughout the Ayeyarwady Delta are struggling to restart their lives. On the front-line of the relief effort, Moe Moe, 27, one of scores of government nurses working in the area, told IRIN in the tiny village of Thaman Chaung in Bogale Township what she was doing to serve her community. full testimony
Khuda Bakhesh, Afghanistan: “We are hungry because of floods and drought”
		We’re hungry and poor because of floods and drought. These are divine scourges and we cannot stop them. full testimony
Corina Samuel: “We’re getting ready to build again”
		We had planned for some weeks to visit relatives in another part of the country, and so we were not far from Mandalay [Myanmar’s second largest city] when I heard the news. full testimony
A journey into the heart of the cyclone-hit delta
		We passed several checkpoints coming out of the main city of Yangon. The road had a moon-like surface and was covered in the debris of uprooted trees and demolished houses. full testimony

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