LOS ANGELES, May 12 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- In the aftermath of a
powerful cyclone that swept through Myanmar with extreme wind and water
surges, Supreme Master Ching Hai, 2006 Gusi Peace Prize laureate for her
worldwide humanitarian contributions, expressed her great concern and sent
relief assistance for the victims. She requested that a team from the
Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association, Thailand chapter,
travel to Myanmar to join Burmese Association members in relief work.
Supreme Master Ching Hai also made a US$20,000 donation for the purchase of
emergency supplies. Arriving on May 6, the relief team was one of the
earliest aid groups to be able to distribute relief to survivors within the
country, and has been working there ever since.
Supreme Master Television's correspondent in Myanmar reported, "We
decided to go to one camp in Yangon without prior notice. It is a small
camp holding about 50 people. They are very happy to receive the gifts and
to know that there are some people caring and coming to them."
As the devastation resulting from Cyclone Nargis rises to staggering
levels of an estimated 80,000 lives lost, international groups attempt to
rush relief aid and support to the estimated 1.5 million homeless
survivors. Supreme Master Ching Hai wants to convey this message of
gratitude to all governments, organizations and relief workers from every
corner of the world: "Thank you, all the international help that brings
care and necessities to afflicted victims. Thank you all the relief workers
for taking time and forsaking your own comfort, even traveling great
distance on unfavorable roads and conditions to bring love and assistance
to people in time of need. May Heaven bless you abundantly for your
generosity and noble sacrifice."
Last year, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC)
concluded that warming oceans could contribute to increasingly severe
cyclones with stronger winds and heavier rains. The Myanmar disaster not
only has resulted in a huge loss of human and animal lives and property,
but vast rice-growing areas have also been completely wiped out, worsening
the world food crisis even more. The 2006 United Nations report
"Livestock's Long Shadow" points out that meat consumption generates 18% of
the world's greenhouse gas emissions, more than all forms of transportation
combined. Seventy percent of the Amazon rainforest is now gone, largely to
support animals being raised for food, which has greatly aggravated global
warming. And one third of grain production worldwide is used to feed
livestock instead of humans.
Government officials from the United States to the United Kingdom have
called for the vegetarian (vegan) solution, pointing out that it is simple
and low-tech, it saves money and it's something everyone can do.
Australia's Senator Andrew Bartlett, a vegan, stated: "There is no easier,
cheaper and more immediate thing we can do to significantly reduce our
personal contribution to greenhouse emissions than to cut the amount of
meat and dairy products that we consume."
Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association is a non-profit
organization with worldwide members from all cultural backgrounds. For over
two decades, Supreme Master Ching Hai and her Association have devoted
considerable efforts toward providing humanitarian relief to disaster
victims and the less fortunate, as well as promoting sustainable lifestyle
choices such as vegetarianism (veganism), which benefits our planet and all
her inhabitants.
This news was exclusively broadcast on Supreme Master Television's
Noteworthy News. Supreme Master Television is a constructive television
channel currently broadcasting 24/7 via 14 satellite platforms worldwide.
SOURCE Supreme Master Ching Hai International Association
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