Burmese NGOs lobby for aid delivery rethink

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Updated August 24, 2009 12:03:41

A delegation of Burmese doctors and human rights activists, visiting Australia, is calling for a change to the way aid money is given to Burma. The group is calling for AusAID assistance to be re-directed towards the thousands of internally displaced people living in Burma's east, saying without support for medical services, hundreds of people will die needlessly.


Presenter:Liam Cochrane
Speaker: Charm Tong, spokewoman for a Burmese delegation, calling on Australia to rethink the way it gives aid money to Burma.

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