Shwe Zee Gwat, the FFSS’s financial coordinator and wife of actor Kyaw Thu, a prominent member of the charity, said they were using donations from Burmese nationals overseas to buy what they could.

“We are currently distributing rice to disaster victims in Rangoon’s Thanlyin township which we bought with donations we received from Burmese nationals in Singapore,” she explained.

“This is all we can buy at the moment. When fresh water is available to buy, we’ll also distribute water,” she said.

“The aid distribution is currently being led by my husband Kyaw Thu and actor Wai Lu Kyaw.”

On Wednesday, the group gave out rice in South Dagon township, and Shwe Zee Gwat said they play to go to Labutta in Irrawaddy division and help victims there when they receive more donations.

Yesterday the FFSS gave out rice and set up emergency relief camps near Thanlyin township’s Htamalon village, where a poor neighbourhood was completely flattened by winds, leaving people with nowhere to live and no food to eat, Shwe Zee Gwat said.

The charity’s members have also helped retrieve and bury the bodies of those killed in the disaster.

“We were so busy on 4, 5 and 6 May collecting dead bodies and burying them,” Shwe Zee Gwat said.

“None of the mortuaries in Rangoon are functioning due to the shortage of electricity, so we had to bury them quickly.”

Other actors have also offered assistance and will be helping with the group’s future aid distribution.