Repairing the damage

Previous Next

Thanks to foreign support, the worst effects of the cyclone have disappeared. But life in the Irrawaddy Delta village of Awapeak has not managed yet to return to normal. © swissaid

With the monsoon season looming, temporary housing in Awapeak must be replaced soon by permanent buildings. © swissaid

Farmers now use rotary tillers in their fields. The machines have replaced buffaloes that drowned in the 2008 flooding. The surviving animals now refuse to work at all. © swissaid

Buddhist monks have been accepted as partners in development work. Sayyadaw U Kosella lives in a monastery in the village of Annawa, near Yangon. © swissaid

Traces of destruction still abound, such as water-filled boats and severely damaged houses. © swissaid

A family poses in front of their house in Awapeak, a year after the cyclone passed through. The region where they live, the Irrawaddy Delta, is Myanmar's rice bowl. © swissaid

Rice is laid out to dry. Swissaid has been supporting farmers with rice deliveries as well as supplying them with seed. The Swiss NGO has provided aid worth SFr750,000 for emergency programmes and reconstruction efforts. © swissaid

Swissaid is handing out with its local partner organisations bags of rice, helping families survive until the next harvest. © swissaid

A woman walks along a dike with a child in Awapeak. Salt water carried inland by Nargis has made fields around the village unproductive for years to come. © swissaid

• Picture 1
• Picture 2
• Picture 3
• Picture 4
• Picture 5
• Picture 6
• Picture 7
• Picture 8
• Picture 9

Starting life afresh.

A year after Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar, killing more than 100,000 people, many parts of the country are struggling to rebuild. Non-governmental organisations such as Swissaid have been helping with reconstruction efforts. (All pictures: Swissaid)