September 2, 2008 - “Project Irrawady Delta Bound” update

MBRO and Project C.U.R.E. have in hand the necessary documentation to ship to Myanmar a 40 foot container of medical supplies and equipment for the victims of Cyclone Nargis.Volunteers from the Burmese community in Arizona will be loading this container with medical supplies and equipment on 13 September 2008 from 7 a.m. to 12 noon at the Project C.U.R.E. warehouse in Tempe. The container will then be shipped to Yangon, where MBRO’s counterpart Myanmar Geosciences Society (MGS) will receive it and assume responsibility for distributing the medical supplies and equipment. The container is expected to arrive at Yangon port by end-October. MBRO sincerely thanks all donors and supporters for making this delivery possible.