Cyclone Nargis, the deadliest natural disaster in the recorded history of Burma, made landfall in the country on May 2, 2008, causing catastrophic destruction and at least 80,000 fatalities with a further 56,000 people still missing. However, Labutta Township alone was reported to have 80,000 dead and some have estimated the death toll may be well over 100,000. Relief efforts were slowed for political reasons as Burma’s military rulers initially resisted aid. More than 20 days after Cyclone Nargis hit and while UN estimates suggest that less than 25% of those in desperate need have received any aid due to the restrictions imposed by the Burma’s xenophobic Generals. U.N. Stressed that an estimated 1.5 million people in the Irrawaddy River delta were still in dire need and had not received aid. Recognizing the military regime’s policy of, at a minimum siphoning of funds and sup;ies if not outright theft of entire shipments of humanitarian aid, World Aid works strictly with local communities and local social groups to bring aid to the disaster areas. In this way we have been able to maximize effectiveness of resources made available to us. This has effectively by passed the regimes efforts to prevent aid into these areas. Thus, the obvious need for care that these fragile networks are not compromised by over coverage of media which exposing the frequency and severity in the ethnic areas away from the eye of the media and human rights documentation. World Aid focuses only on working with the local communities and local social groups to counter any and all efforts of the military regime to break the spirit of the people of Burma. World aid helps the people of Burma to help themselves.