Burma Rescue is no longer involved in active relief projects. This site has been preserved as a resource for educators and researchers interested in disaster relief response. This site documents comprehensively the relief efforts to Burma in the wake of Cyclone Nargis which took the lives of 138,000 people and left nearly a million people homeless. November 21, 2010

About Burma Rescue

The Burma Rescue site was created in Milwaukee in a cooperative effort between members of the Anthropology Department and the School for Information Studies (SOIS) at the University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee (UWM), and Burmese currently residing in Milwaukee, USA.

We are currently a network comprised of concerned individuals situated in six countries including Thailand, Malaysia, India, Singapore, Hong Kong and the United States.

This site is intended to provide practical assistance to survivors of Cyclone Nargis which hit the Irrawaddy Delta region of Burma with deadly force on May 2, 2008.

Burma Rescue is focused specifically on enhancing the flow of knowledge resources into the country and is designed as an information hub. We report on and aim to contribute to the efforts of Community Based Organizations (CBOs), which have been instrumental to the relief efforts.

Because of the known political sensitivities associated with aid and other international nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) seeking to establish operations in the country, Burma Rescue limits itself to a constructive engagement with local efforts to help those in need.

This site is meant as a resource sharing and information hub and is not intended for profit.  Please contact us if you have any concerns about the public use content found here.

Burma Rescue Radio Interview



Burma Rescue Fox News Interview



A virtual collaboration aims to help people of Burma

Burma is still in dire need of assistance following a cyclone that struck in May.

A group from the University of Wisconsin-Milwaukee is leading a project that may become a new model for humanitarian intervention in challenging political environments.


The Burma Rescue Group is a response to the devastating cyclone in Burma (also known as Myanmar) that took the lives of 134,000 people and has left 2.4 million more without food, water or shelter since May. The group brings together faculty, staff and students from UWM; Burmese students from Marquette; expatriate Burmese in Southeast Asia and Burma; and a network of contacts, friends and family.

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