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    In flood-stricken Myanmar, a new role for development partners

    International development organizations in Myanmar are temporarily suspending "normal" and "routine" programming in the country's inundated areas to provide humanitarian aid to those displaced by recent flooding.

    By Simon Lewis, Anna Patricia Valerio // 10 August 2015

    As floodwaters begin to recede in many parts of Myanmar devastated by flooding in recent weeks, international help is bolstering efforts to reach those left without shelter or basic supplies.

    Flooding in 12 of Myanmar’s 14 states and divisions — which began in late June and intensified last month when Cyclone Koman made landfall near the country’s border with Bangladesh — has killed at least 96 people, displaced 600,000 and inundated 1.2 million acres of rice paddy, state media said Sunday.

    Rivers in downstream areas of the Ayeyarwady Delta are now also swelling, and thousands of homes have been evacuated in anticipation of secondary flooding.

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      Simon Lewis

      Simon Lewis is a freelance journalist covering Southeast Asia. Following a stint as business editor of The Cambodia Daily newspaper in Phnom Penh, he has been based since 2013 in Yangon, where he also worked as an editor and reporter for The Irrawaddy news magazine. He has reported on development, business, human rights and religion in the region.
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      Anna Patricia Valerio

      Anna Patricia Valerio is a former Manila-based development analyst who focused on writing innovative, in-the-know content for senior executives in the international development community. Before joining Devex, Patricia wrote and edited business, technology and health stories for BusinessWorld, a Manila-based business newspaper.

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