WASHINGTON, May 9 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- SOS Children's Villages,
the world's largest organization for orphaned and abandoned children is
providing food, shelter, water & medical supplies to the Chiang Rai
community on the Thai-Myanmar border. Many Myanmar child refugees flood
across the border each year and are often malnourished and sick.
"SOS Children's Villages has been providing aid for these refugees for
the last several years and never has it been more important than now," said
Heather Paul, President & CEO of SOS Children's Villages USA.
"In light of the current natural disaster, these efforts are vital to
the survival of the inhabitants of the area around Chiang Rai which is on
the Myanmar border," said Paul.
Over 1 million people have been displaced due to the devastation of the
cyclone which hit Myanmar last Saturday. SOS Children's Villages will
continue to monitor the situation from the border while administering aide
to refugees who continue to flood into Thailand every day.
"It is a travesty that humanitarian organizations like SOS must stay on
the border when there is such devastation in Myanmar," said Paul, "But in
the meantime we will feed, shelter and administer medical aide to those
crossing the border."
SOS is at the forefront of the humanitarian movement because we help
create sustainable communities though our villages and outreach programs.
All donations go toward tangible improvements in the lives of orphaned and
abandoned children all around the world.
SOS Children's Villages was founded in 1949 to provide loving homes for
orphaned and abandoned children. Today there are over 450 villages in 132
countries around the world which are home to more than 60,000 children. For
more information on SOS Children's Villages and how you can help please go
to http://www.sos-usa.org.
SOURCE SOS Children's Villages
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CONTACT:
Arlene Dillon for SOS Children's Village,
+1-202-494-6924
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