Friday, April 10, 2009

Johns Hopkins criticism of Cyclone Nargis relief in Burma.

I believe the Johns Hopkins report.

http://www.irrawaddy.org/article.php?art_id=15474

NGOs have an axe to grind. They need to go in and out and get the co-operation of the junta.

Instead of denying the report, they should aim to prevent abuses and provide safeguards and a witnessing presence.

I left a copy of this note on The Irrawaddy comment site.

kmk

Langston Hughes--The Negro Speaks of Rivers--I had a tape.

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/44428/the-negro-speaks-of-rivers