Appeal for Donation

Dear Sir/Madam,

Append is an URGENT message from both our Managing Director, Mr. Pan Boon Pin and our Yangon Country Manager, U Than Win to appeal for donation to help out with the disaster caused by Cyclone Nargis.

Mr. Pan is presently in Yangon since 07th May 2008 to assess the situation in our Yangon office. He has decided to stay on to help out with the relief work at the ground level.

Kindly assist to circulate this appeal to those within your circle of friends and/or business contacts.

Our Singapore office full-style is as follows:

Monsoon Maritime Services Pte Ltd
137, Telok Ayer Street,
#04-08. Singapore 068602

Tel: (65) 63278662
Fax: (65) 63278676
Email: operations@monsoonmaritime.com


Here the is the message from our Yangon office:

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Like many others in Myanmar, Monsoon are mobilising in whatever way we can to assist the victims of cyclone Nargis. It has been 10 days since the cyclone hit. Last few days, we had been assessing the situation, liaising with a local NGO (Myanmar Egress) and other interested parties to organise emergency supply of food and materials to the various camps for refugees, some of which are actually just outside of Yangon while others further out in the delta area are still unreachable.

It was only yesterday, 12th May, we went to the town of Kungyangone (70 KM from Yangon) to see for ourselves the grim situation on the ground. Supply there are short both in material and manpower. We are now urgently organising supply of rice, cooking oil and medical material etc to this township and the surrounding area. As you will know from the news, there are many other areas which are badly hit by the cyclone. The local authorities, NGOs, business and private individuals here in Yangon and other parts of Myanmar are assisting, co-ordinating or pooling their resources to help the victims as much and as quickly as possible.

Monsoon has established an emergency relief fund of US$30,000 which we have available now and from which already medical and food supply has been purchased and sent to the affected areas. We have identified a few areas ie Kungyangone and some other areas within the Yangon division and another badly affected area in the far west of the delta, Hyne-gyi where access are still being explored. We chose these two area because we assessed that other badly hit area such as Bogalay and Phyapon area are being covered by NGO and business groups known to us. We will continue to assess the situation and liaise with all interested parties and review our operations accordingly.

The fund we have setup will probably be exhausted soon unless we get additional help from wherever we can. We will be appealing firstly to our crew onboard to donate generously but this will have to be supported by other sources especially from our ship owners and managers and possibly from our families, friends and business associates.

By this report, we are now appealing for your kind donation in cash which we will use for purchase of material in Yangon mainly for food and medical supplies.

What we can assure you is our personal involvement and accountability for the purchase and distribution of these supply which will reach the affected people quickly and as directly as we can organised. With your contribution, we will send you a personal report, including photograph if possible, identifying what we have purchased, where and when the supply will be sent to and who are benefitting from your donation. You are also free to indicate your preference in this regards to us which we will try our best to comply with.

The situation is rather urgent. Before this disaster has time to recover, the world is now face with the serious earthquake in Sichuan which is competing for attention and probably donations. The situation on the ground here is very serious. Much help is needed here. We hope you will be able to help in whatever way you can with your kind donation.

Our Singapore office will be distributing this report and appeal by email and coordinating the donations received to be sent to us. We look forward to your kind and urgent consideration.

Pan Boon Pin & U Than WinMonsoon Maritime services
12th May 2008, Yangon.
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