The trip was carried out on 08 August. However, due to the bad weather it was postponed to 13 August. The boat ride to Bogale lasted for 9 hours from Yangon; departed at 05:00pm and arrived at 01:00am. The team stopped for a night on 13 August. With the help Partners Solidarités Office, 2 additional volunteers (local people) from Noble Compassionate Volunteers (NCV) joined our team. They departed at 09:00am from Bogale.

It took the whole day (nearly 10 hours by boat) to arrive at the first village. The team had to sleep at a nearby village; Phoe Oo Zan. The next morning the team proceeded to Leik Chaung Two Number. There are 59 households and it has been two months since they have received any food assistance. NCV, AZG, Searchers and Funeral Services visited and provided assistance before. Medical Doctors from AZG visited there and no serious disease outbreak was reported. They have 500 acres of farming land. The main livelihood in this area are farming and fishing. They have not received any crop seed or tractor assistance from the government. They do not have an available fresh water pond and they have to get water from Phoe Oo Zan. They don't have any school and Searchers Myanmar (a volunteer group) is planning to establish one. All the houses were completed damaged from the Cyclone. They had one Monastery, but they lost a Monk during cyclone. Their main requirements are food and a small boat for transport.

The second village was Kokokwe. There are 95 households with a poulaation of 415. The number of fatalities was 4 with 6 orphans. It has been 2 months since they have received food assistance. NCV, WFP and Funeral Services visited and provided assistance before. The primary local occupations are farming and fishing. They haven't received any tractor assitance from the government. They have one fresh water pond and it has not been cleaned. They had one primary school which was completely damaged. They have rebuilt it with their own local resources, but these repairs are basically temporary. The number of students is 30 and there is one teacher.  All the houses damaged from the Cyclone. Their main requirements are food and draft animals for farming.

The third village was Kyat Tae (Tha Ye Ma). There are 105 households. It has been around 1 1/2 months since they have received food assistance. NCV, WFP and Funeral Services visited and provided assistance before. The primary occupations are farming and fishing. They haven't received any tractor assistance from the government. They have established an affiliated primary school and the number of students is 50. It has not yet been rebuilt. The village appointed one teacher. All the houses were damaged by the Cyclone. Their main requirement is food.

The fourth village was Kamalauk Nauk Pyan Toe. There are 237 households with a population of 1057. It has been around one month since they have received food assistance. NCV regularly visited and provided assistance in the past. The main occupations are farming and fishing. They have 1700 acres of farming land and received 1 tractor and seed on three occasions from the government. However, only during the last time did the plants begin to grow. NCV also provided health assistance and no serious disease was encountered. They don't have any fresh water pond and store rain water for drinking purposes. In summer, they have to buy water and 1 tank costs 1500 kyats. They have one affiliated primary school which was established last year and it was completely destroyed. It hasn't been rebuilt. There are 60 students and they are in need of a temporary school. All the houses were damaged by the Cyclone.  They are rebuilding their houses, but for a period of time three households will live together in 1 house. Their main requirement is food.

The fifth village was Kwin Chaung. There are 280 households. The number of fatailities was 2. The water level had risen up to 6ft during the cyclone. They have received only 10 kg of rice in total per household so far. The primary occupations are farming and fishing. They have 2117 acres of farming land and received 1 tractor from the government. The government already collected data about the land and they were supposed to get 2 baskets of seeds for 1 acre but still have not recieved these supplies. They have 2 fresh water ponds but they haven't yet been cleaned. They have one affiliated primary school and it is damaged and has not been rebuilt. There are a total of 50 students. The village appointed 1 teacher and he was given 2500 kg of rice per year as a salary. All the houses were compleetely destroyed by the Cyclone. There are 45 households who can't afford to rebuild their houses. Their main requirements are food and medicine.

On the way back, 4 sacks of rice and all the left over supplies were donated at the Monasteries of Byine Chaung village (1 sack), Aung Hlaing Ywa Ma village (2 sacks) and Phoe Oo Zan village (1 sack).

The team managed to get information for the other villages on the return trip.

Village name: Phoe Oo Zan
Number of Household: 371; Number of Population: 1800
There has been a lack of food assistance for the past 20 days. WFP distributed rice and the supplies were distributed to other villages from there. A WFP helicopter landed and from there distribution was made to other villages. The number of fatalities was 8. Funeral services conducted a cleaning of the fresh water pond but the community still can't use it. There are 2 tube wells and they are for general community use. In summer, they have to buy water and a tank will cost 1500 kyats. They have 2435 acres of farming land and have received 1 tractor from the government. 30 houses were destroyed by the surge of water during the cyclone. The government provided 30 baskets of seeds but only 11 baskets were able to germinate. They have one affiliated primary school and Funeral services have rebuilt the roofing. UNICEF provided 100 G.I sheets. There are more than 200 students. After the cyclone, the numbers of hawkers/ casual labors are increasing day by day. The donated supplies from other countries through the government have never been reached. They received assistance from NGO. Right after the cyclone, a military helicopter landed and distributed 1 rice sack, 4 sets of clothes, expired tins of fish, little medicines and 5 sheets of tarps for 2000 households. Their main requirement now is food.

Village name: Taik Sein Kone
Number of household: 200
Care Myanmar is providing food assistance every 15 days. Their main occupation is farming. They recently have rebuilt a primary school and it has been 15 days since that school has reopened. There are currently 50 students. They appointed one teacher and the salary was 100 baskets of rice (2500 kg). 1 basket costs 8000 kyats. The draft animal is 100,000 kyats. They have one fresh water pond which has been cleaned with local resources. UNDP provided 3 tractors with 2 gallons of fuel per 1 acre. Care Myanmar will also provide 6 baskets of seeds. All the houses were damaged by the storm. The water level during the storm rose up to 6 feet. Their main requirements are boats and draft animals.

Village name: Da Noan Chaung
Number of household: 88
Only Local donors visited. UNICEF provided temporary shelter for the school. Before the cyclone, the villagers established an affiliated primary school. The cyclone occurred two days after the school was opened and it was completely destroyed. All the houses were damaged. Government provided the seeds but they failed to germinate. Their main requirements are seeds and food.

Village name: Byine Chaung
Number of household: 85; Population: 339
Number of fatalities: 93
The last time that Care Myanmar visited was 30 June.  Individuals who are 5 years & above were given 6 kg rice, beans 6 cups and cooking oil (0.30 viss). Under 5 children received 2 packets of biscuits. They have 955 acres of farming land. Care Myanmar provided tractors and the Government also provided 12. Seeds were also provided by Care Myanmar, as well as the Government but they did not germinate successfully. A local donor cleaned their fresh water pond. UNICEF provided vaccinations for under 5 children and pregnant women. A local donor rebuilt a temporary school. There are 51 students. However, there current is a lack of furniture and teachers. The community is longing for the school to reopen. Their main requirements are to reopen the school and food.