Category three Cyclone Nargis struck Myanmar on Saturday May 2nd in the Ayeyarwaddy Delta region before making its way to Myanmar?s capital, Yangon. Though initial reports have come out of the capital, the final extent of casualties and damages remains unknown, particularly in the hard-hit western part of the delta.

Action Against Hunger, with teams based in Yangon, has launched a needs assessment in the affected areas of urban Yangon (Hlaing Tha Yar) and Southern Ayeyarwaddy in coordination with other agencies on the ground in order to design an effective response to the disaster.

Action Against Hunger has worked in Myanmar since 1994 and currently intervenes in Rakhine and Kayah states through nutrition, water, sanitation, and hygiene activities, and food security programs. A team of 21 international staff and more than 300 national staff are currently mobilized.