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Viewing cable 08RANGOON650, BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT CABLE #6

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Reference ID Created Released Classification Origin
08RANGOON650 2008-08-11 09:52 2011-08-25 00:00 UNCLASSIFIED Embassy Rangoon
O 110952Z AUG 08 ZDK
FM AMEMBASSY RANGOON
TO SECSTATE WASHDC IMMEDIATE 8042
AMEMBASSY BANGKOK IMMEDIATE 
AMEMBASSY KATHMANDU IMMEDIATE 
USMISSION GENEVA IMMEDIATE 
USMISSION USUN NEW YORK IMMEDIATE 
INFO NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL
ASEAN MEMBER COLLECTIVE
UNCLAS RANGOON 000650 
 
 
AIDAC 
 
DEPARTMENT FOR EAP, PRM, DRL 
STATE ALSO PASS TO USAID 
AID/W FOR DCHA/FFP AND DCHA/OTI 
AID/W FOR DCHA/OFDA KLUU, ACONVERY, RTHAYER 
BANGKOK FOR DCHA/OFDA WBERGER AND TROGERS 
KATHMANDU FOR DCHA/OFDA SMCINTYRE AND MROGERS 
USMISSION GENEVA FOR NKYLOH 
USMISSION USUN FOR FSHANKS 
 
E.O. 12958: N/A 
TAGS: EAID SENV KSCA TBIO VM EAGR PREF
SUBJECT:  BURMA CYCLONE: USAID/OFDA ASSESSMENT CABLE #6 
 
REF: A) RANGOON 0546 
 
 
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SUMMARY 
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1. On July 29 and 30, a USAID Office of U.S. Foreign Disaster 
Assistance (USAID/OFDA) disaster specialist traveled to the 
Irrawaddy Delta on a U.N. Development Program (UNDP) sponsored 
assessment trip to highlight early recovery programs instituted by 
UNDP and the international non-governmental organization PACT. 
During the two-day assessment, the team visited the villages of Shwe 
Pyi Aye, Nge Thu, and Kyar Chaung in Bogale township, which had been 
severely affected by Cyclone Nargis.  Although almost completely 
destroyed, all three villages were making every attempt to 
reinstitute traditional livelihoods.  Aside from the basic 
assistance provided by humanitarian organizations and the Government 
of Burma (GOB), the villagers had yet to receive any monetary-based 
assistance.  Villagers interviewed consistently requested help to 
restart income generating activities and reenergize economic 
activity.  At present, the villagers are largely dependent on 
outside assistance for basic needs.  Residents without any assets, 
including landless individuals, are left with little or no income 
generating capacity.  End Summary. 
 
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ECONOMIC ACTIVITY 
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2. The GOB instituted public works programs in the initial days of 
the post-cyclone clean up, but only for a one-week period.  The 
villagers were paid for the collection and burial of dead bodies, 
debris removal, road and pond cleaning, and reconstruction of 
primary schools.  Prior to Cyclone Nargis, UNDP and PACT had 
established self-reliance, or micro credit, programs and all 
verified clients have had program savings returned along with the 
cancellation of any outstanding debt.  After the cyclone, UNDP has 
provided small grants through PACT to some of the villagers for 
shelter reconstruction, small trade operations, and farming 
equipment. Since the initial cash infusion, no other basic economic 
activities have been carried out at the village level.   Comment: 
See Ref A for additional information on the UNDP/PACT microfinance 
project.  USAID/OFDA has provided funding to PACT for the small 
grants program.  End Comment. 
 
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FARMING 
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3. In each of the three villages visited, the assessment team 
observed rice farmers cultivating fields with power tillers provided 
by either the GOB or humanitarian organizations.  The rapid 
provision of equipment and seed allowed the farmers from the three 
villages to plant the majority, if not all, of the local land set 
aside for rice farming.  The initial distribution of assets to 
cultivate the land did not provide the cash needed to pay laborers 
and buy additional seed to plant the fields, should the seeds 
donated by the GOB not germinate, as has occurred on several 
previous occasions. 
 
4. The losses from the cyclone, including water buffalo, savings, 
and the previous season's seed crop, has altered traditional farming 
practices with adverse affects for laborers.  Farmers have been able 
to access small loans through the UNDP Early Recovery Basic Service 
Packages to procure lost equipment.  As a condition of the loans, 
farmers must contribute three to five baskets of seed per acre 
planted to the seed bank at harvest time.  The UNDP loans are only 
available to individuals with existing assets. 
 
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ECONOMIC IMPACT ON LABORERS AND LANDLESS INDIVIDUALS 
--------------------------------------------- ---------- 
 
5. Participants in the community discussions at each of the three 
villages asked for small grants and loans to be given to the 
landowners to provide the resources to hire the labors to work the 
fields.  Presently, the team noted that farming is being done by 
immediate and extended members of the landowner's family, and work 
is moving at a quick pace due to the introduction of large numbers 
of power tillers.  If additional seeds are provided, the land under 
production would increase, necessitating the hiring of laborers by 
landowners to plant the additional seeds.  Seeds have been provided 
under a repayment plan by the GOB and through the UNDP and PACT 
programs, as well as donated by humanitarian organizations. 
 
6. Members of the assessment team commented that the change in 
farming practices could ultimately further economically marginalize 
laborers due to replacement of lost water buffalo with power 
tillers.  Ultimately, the tillers can cover more land in a day than 
a team of buffalo and are not as labor intensive. However, with the 
loss of so many draft animals and the need to plant rice before the 
end of the planting season, many in the humanitarian community 
believe that providing power tillers was necessary. 
 
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INCOME GENERATING ACTIVITIES 
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7. UNDP staff indicated the early recovery programs planned for 
implementation in the coming months will involve small individual 
investments and grants, small-scale trading, and community 
infrastructure reconstruction programs.  Such programs will include 
school renovation with a disaster risk reduction component to 
mitigate the affects of future storms.  Before the cyclone, 
community based organizations were already running small-scale 
lending programs. UNDP and implementing partners will build on 
community familiarity with such programs to reenergize the local 
economy.  Villagers present at the time of the assessment team's 
visit expressed interest in using the loans to begin income 
generating activities such as chicken, duck, and pig breeding 
programs.  Until the next planting season, non-landowning laborers 
remain vulnerable and are at present completely dependent on 
external assistance and income from fishing and day labor. 
Cash-based programs are essential to preventing landless individuals 
from falling into a cycle of dependency. 
 
 
VILLAROSA