The recent cyclone has killed tens of thousands and ravaged homes, farms, and infrastructures leaving a lasting imprint of destruction which will take months, if not years, for the millions of survivors to recover from.  Even though the death toll cannot be confirmed with certainty yet, the estimation so far is that over 100,000 people are dead or missing -- 40 percent of whom are believed to be children -- and nearly 1.5-2.5 million people will suffer from the consequences of the cyclone.

Is outside humanitarian aid reaching the thousands of cyclone victims in Burma ?

A lot of supplies are piling up, but the military picks the places where they want to send the aid. There is enough aid, but it’s just waiting because the regime doesn’t let the aid organizations enter.

The United Nations says that the Myanmar authorities are still barring foreign relief workers from the hardest hit areas, in the Irrawaddy delta, and that nearly three weeks after the May 3 cyclone, only about 25 percent of those in need have received aid.