Exotissimo and partners help the Irrawaddy Delta

The worst natural disaster in Myanmar in decades, Cyclone Nargis leveled five areas, including the capital Yangon and the low-lying Irrawaddy River Delta. The storm destroyed roads, downed power lines and flattened houses, and early estimates are that over a million people have been left homeless. The humanitarian disaster is in the low-lying Irrawaddy Delta region where the storm caused a sea surge that smashed through towns and villages.

"The people in the Delta are in desperate need of food, shelter and clean drinking water," said Su Su Tin, managing director of Exotissimo Myanmar.

Exotissimo has set up an emergency fund with a donation of 20,000 USD, and has received over 80,000 USD from our generous travel trade partners. This fund is managed by Exotissimo until we find a trusted and effective NGO or charity to take over. With a staff of fifty in Yangon located in the modern Sakura Building where there is still electricity, we are in a unique position to help quickly and effectively and to ensure that funds go directly to where they are needed most. Exotissimo Myanmar has sent and continues to send teams directly to the Delta region to provide relief.

Belgium based Kids of Myanmar is helping Exotissimo raise funds for the hard-hit region. The organization was founded by responsible travel specialist Destinations Unlimited to provide supplies, water purifiers and medicine to the victims of Nargis. Kids of Myanmar has raised almost 70,000 USD by getting in contact with their pool of generous donors.

French travel company Ormes and its partners have also helped by building a school for Shwe Taung Su village. Groundbreaking on the school took place on 25th May. German Tour Operator Geoplan has donated a clinic to Ah Latt Chaung Village, and construction of the new clinic is well underway.

Donate to the Myanmar Cyclone Relief Fund

If you wish to help the people of Myanmar donate here to make a credit card donation for any amount. To put things in perspective: 40 USD will buy one bag of rice that can feed a family of four for a month; 300 USD will pay for a basic house to shelter a homeless family.

By visiting our site today, you have shown that you have a heart and want to the poor victims of the recent cyclone in Myanmar. These unfortunates may never get the chance to 'thank you' in person. On their behalf we would like to say 'Thank you.'

Exotissimo Travel is a leading Destination Management Company in Southeast Asia. We are not an aid or charity organization, though we do represent a network of 14 operations offices across the area, including four offices in Myanmar. We work and live in the area out of a shared love and connection with the people and the place.

Disasters can destroy lives in an instant, and we are working to minimize its awful impact. Please join us in this effort to provide hope to this unfortunate area. Small contributions now can make incredible differences for many.

Every donated dollar will go to relief organizations. We will use our experience in Myanmar to ensure that the aid goes to charities able to provide the relief efficiently.
Thank you in advance for your generosity.