Fund raising concert to be held in Canada

by Solomon

Friday, 18 July 2008 20:59

New Delhi - In solidarity with Burmese cyclone victims, students from Trinity Western University of Canada and Canadian Friends of Burma are planning to hold a musical concert on Sunday, organizers said. Organize by former CFOB's member and Canadian University Student Monique Summerfield with the help of CFOB and Canada Trinity Western University student the musical concert at Firemen's Park off Mountain Rd in Niagara Falls, Ontario Canada. "Monique Summerfield is a well known activist on Burma, since more emergency funds are needed now she is organized this event," said Zaw Wai Kyaw, one of the organizers and Chairman of the Cyclone Relief Committee told mizzima. The concert will be grace by special guests including well known Reggae singer Jah Pickney, Davy B and The Tranzend experience, Zaw Wai Kyaw added. Zaw Wai Kyaw and Tin Maung Htoo, executive director of CFOB will also present speeches on Burma and the current situation after Cyclone Nargis stuck the country. All funds collected from the upcoming concert will be donated to 'World Vision Canada', which has its branch operating in Burma's southwestern coastal divisions, helping cyclone victims. In May 2 and 3, deathly Cyclone Nargis swept through Burma's coastal divisions of Irrawaddy and Rangoon, leaving more than 138,000 deaths and missing. The Cyclone also left 2.4 million people devastating. "They (World Vision Canada) have sponsored several children in Myanmar [Burma], so there are thousands of Canada sponsored children in Myanmar [Burma]," said James East, regional spokesperson of World Vision in Thailand. East said, World Vision is looking for long-term relief Programme in Irrawaddy delta but following the Cyclone they have been involved into emergency relief activities. "At the moment, we have funds for 18 months Programme and then we are also looking at some long term programming," said East. For the 18 months Programme the World Vision said it has about US$ 20 million and it has so far spent approximately more than US$7 million on relief efforts. "Obviously we would like to do more if we have more money," said James East. The World Vision targets to assist 338,000 and so far they have been able to help 280,000 cyclone victims in Burma, East added. < Prev   Next >