[Canadian Jewish News ] Sheri Shefa - The presence of Israeli relief teams is still being felt in Myanmar (Burma), as IsraAID recently dispatched a third team of medical and relief professionals to offer aid to the victims of the May 3 cyclone. The Israel Forum for International Humanitarian Aid (IsraAID) - an organization that represents 15 NGOs in Israel - sent a small team of doctors, nurses and water specialists to Myanmar just four days after the cyclone hit. One month later, Israelis are still working in the field to try to help survivors. IsraAID has already shipped 10 tons of relief supplies, including food, water, mattresses, buckets and clothes to distribute to the survivors. "They are not used to dealing with massive natural disasters, so our teams went into a couple of hospitals in Yangon (Rangoon) and trained them on how to deal with massive casualties, [sharing] the expertise that our doctors gain in Israel because of suicide bombings," said Shachar Zahavi, the director of IsraAID.
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