OTTAWA - Canadian aid agencies say they are managing to help cyclone victims in Myanmar, despite the country's nearly-closed border.
Officials from Oxfam, CARE and other groups say they fear Canadians won't donate money to the Myanmar cause due to reports about reluctance by the military junta to let foreign workers in.
CARE Canada president Kevin McCort says his and other agencies have had 1,000 aid workers on the ground in Myanmar for more than a decade.
He says the workers are already busy getting food, water, clothing and other supplies to cyclone victims.
But he admits the agencies could use two or three times as many workers as they currently have in Myanmar.
McCort says aid groups are often better able to distribute disaster relief than governments because they have established relationships in the affected countries.
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