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The Anglican Diocese of Sittwe needs help purchasing rice for more than 1,000 families in nine parishes who are facing starvation after the rats consumed both the local bamboo and their crops. According to the Rt. Rev. James Min Dein, bishop of Sittwe, the diocese is providing rice for families affected by the famine. A family of five people needs approximately 100 kilograms of rice to survive. A thousand families need approximately 100,000 kilograms of rice each month. Currently, 100,000 kilograms of rice cost about $30,000 on the local market.

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For I was hungry and you gave me something to eat, I was thirsty and you gave me something to drink, I was a stranger and you invited me in, I needed clothes and you clothed me, I was sick and you looked after me, I was in prison and you came to visit me.’ Then the righteous will answer him, ‘Lord, when did we see you hungry and feed you, or thirsty and give you something to drink? When did we see you a stranger and invite you in, or needing clothes and clothe you? When did we see you sick or in prison and go to visit you?’ [King Jesus] will reply, ‘Truly I tell you, whatever you did for one of the least of these brothers and sisters of mine, you did for me.’

—Matthew 25:35-40 (TNIV)