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TechnoratiAustralian firefighter Craig Allan is a member of Baptist World Aid organization “Rescue 24,” which aims to put an emergency team on the ground within 24 hours of any disaster anywhere in the world. He fears that in Burma’s case, it could be 24 days before they make it to the disaster zone.
"It is very frustrating," said Allan, who flew to Bangkok to apply for a visa on Thursday.
The first U.S. aid flight to Burma arrived on Monday, but officials there say they will not allow foreign aid workers to distribute the aid to the estimated 1.5 million people in need.
“It is a shocking and devastating tragedy that we have not yet seen the full effect of,” said Brian Houston, national president of the Australian Christian Churches and senior pastor of Hillsong Church.
“Burma is on the brink of an even greater humanitarian disaster unless food, water and medical supplies are allowed to enter the country to feed and help the starving and the displaced,” he said.
“We are praying that the Burmese military junta will be moved by this human tragedy and open their borders to overseas aid and disaster relief workers to enter the country as quickly as possible.
“We are believing for miracles,” he continued. “Raising funds is the easy part, getting the aid to those who desperately need it is going to be the biggest challenge.”
