Posted on June 11, 2008
In the wake of the deadly Cyclone Nargis that hit Myanmar (Burma) in May 2008, WFP deployed to help establish telecommunications networks vital to coordinating relief efforts. John Bursa, Regional Telecommunications Officer for the UN World Food Programme (WFP), reports from Yangon, Myanmar on efforts to reconnect communications and communities in a podcast here.
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