Cyclone Nargis hit Myanmar last weekend devastating five regions. Channel NewsAsia reported that more than 22,000 people are dead with another 41,000 missing. Hundreds of thousands are now homeless. The media reports are horrific. "Witnesses described images of rice field littered with corpses." Save the Children, one of the few relief agencies allowed to operate in-country, said the toll would rise sharply in the coming days as more victims were found in difficult to reach areas.

The photos, videos, and blog reports are giving us vivid citizen accounts. Global Voices, South Asia Editor, Mong Palatino, offers this round up of what blogs in the region are reporting, including these eye witness accounts.

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Butterfly by Beth Kanter

Social Butterfly writes about nonprofits and social change and social media. I got to
know her when she asked me to participate in her Blogging Neighbor Series

 
1. Tell me a little about you ...

I am a social marketing believer, blogger, researcher, practitioner and
enthusiast in the concept of Social marketing for good. This is not to be confused with social media marketing. Currently, my day job is a graduate student at the University of Missouri's School of Journalism where I will graduate this month. In June, I will start full-time at the social marketing firm based in Washington, DC where I've been completing a fellowship, working on the client team representing the National Institute on Drug Abuse. As of this moment, I am defending my thesis, graduating and taking a moment to breath. Academics and work aside, my passion is working with and on behalf of nonprofits. My family, myself and a small group of dedicated and committed individuals started a non-profit in Arkansas that benefits multiple sclerosis and works in partnership with the MS Society. In one year, with about eight people, no budget and two main events, we've raised over $275k.

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Friday Night at the Moma
Photo by Eggman

I recently lead a workshop called Social Media for Arts People. I've covered arts organizations and social media here and there over the past three years and last winter co-wrote a cover story article with Rebecca Krause-Hardie for ArtsReach. So, thought I'd take an opportunity to query my network viaTwitter and Facebook and see what's new and share it with you.

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Eddie, Pets for the Environment
Source: Pets for the Environment

I admit it. I'm a dog lover. So, when I got an invitation to join a Facebook Group for Pets for the Environment, I was curious. I clicked over to the web site, and found this engaging story/comic book that told Eddie's story.

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Next week is Earth Day. Like many parents, I feel it's important to instill green living habits in my children. I've started this from a young age. When my son was five, we created his Halloween costume from the trash, literally. It was his idea. Every week,my son and daughter help sort the trash for the weekly dump trip. That's how my son got the idea creating a recycling bind costume. Rather clever -- it was as an act of reducing waste and we used the opportunity to learn more about recycling using some of these useful Internet resources.

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