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DEC launches Myanmar (Burma) cyclone disaster appeal
Submitted by howardlake on 7 May, 2008 - 17:20.
The Disasters Emergency Committee (DEC), the co-ordinating body for leading UK overseas aid charities, has launched a disaster appeal following the impact of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma).
The DEC reports that so far there are more than 22,000 people confirmed dead and more than 40,000 missing, but the figures are expected to rise considerably.
The DEC will broadcast a national appeal on TV tomorrow.
DEC member charities World Vision, the Red Cross and Save the Children are among the charities who have a long term presence in Myanmar and their teams have responded since the cyclone struck on Saturday. They are already distributing clean drinking water, hygiene kits and emergency relief supplies and aim to scale this up in the days to come.
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Hitwise UK say DEC site jumps to number three
Data from web intelligence company Hitwise shows that visits to the DEC's website jumped considerably following its appeal in the wake of Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma).
In the week ending 26 April 2008 it was 221st in Hitwise's 'all categories' list of the most popular websites by UK visits. By the end of the week ending 10 May 2008 it had jumped 218 positions to third.
According to Hitwise, "just over a third of all upstream visits to the website came from a search engine, with 18 of the top 30 search terms that drove traffic to the DEC website Burma-related.
"News & Media websites were also very active in pushing traffic, sending 35% of upstream visits to the DEC website".
www.hitwise.com/news/uk200805.html#body_fast
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