http://burma.mylocalcause.com (Enter Cause Name, Address in Options->General) Tue, 03 Jun 2008 21:25:09 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Calvary Burmese Church will be holding a Burmese food fair at Shady Grove Middle School in Maryland Saturday June 7 from 4:00-8:00 PM. Come to enjoy great Burmese food, live music, and support the Burmese citizens! The address is at: Shady Grove Middle School 8100 Mid County Highway Gaithersburg, MD 20877 http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/06/03/cyclone-nargis-food-fair/ Here is a firsthand account: Rangoon, Burma May 16, 2008 Dear Fellow Karen & Well-wishers With heart-broken and deepest sympathy for our Karen Baptists from Labutta, Pyapon, Bogalay Townships, I would like to convey some sad information to you and your church members. I have visited Labutta Township from May 7-12. I went through Bassein ... http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/31/an-eyewitness-report/ If you would like to help the Burmese people by sending a donation, send a check made out to Calvary Burmese Church to: Calvary Burmese Church  755 8th street, NW Washington, DC 20001  http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/31/donations/ There seemed to be an error with the video player in the last post so enter this link into your address bar to view. http://dvb.cachefly.net/nargis/comments_sinpon_1305.wmv http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/31/error-correction/ It has been nearly a month after Cyclone Nargis devastated Myanmar(Burma) and the government is still permitting very little aid and struggling to help its people. Starvation and disease have set in and the death toll continues to rise. Many areas are still flooded and corpses are everywhere. On May ... http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/31/why-i-care-and-how-to-help/  Here is a brief history of Burma to help explain the difficulties Burma has had throughout the centuries. (taken from a history research paper I wrote) Before the three Anglo-Burmese wars in the 19th century, Burma was an independent kingdom. The Anglo-Burmese wars were fought due to Burmese resistance to British ... http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/31/a-history-of-burma/ Here we have pictures of the Cyclone Nargis benefit concert at Calvary Burmese Church. On May 17, people enjoyed three hours of Burmese and American music which also included a slideshow of pictures from Burma. In typical Burmese fashion, a large Burmese dinner was served during intermission. The featured musicians ... http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/28/benefit-concert-at-calvary-burmese-church/ As many people know, on May 2, 2008 Cyclone Nargis struck the nation of Myanmar (Burma). There are at least 80,000 casualties and more than 56,000 missing. Disease has been projected to set in and increase that will increase the casualty count. This blog's aim is to reduce that number ... http://burma.mylocalcause.com/2008/05/18/relief-for-burma/