Saturday, May 17, 2008
Visa Limit
Brian informed us that he has ben having trouble making payment to suppliers as his visa card has a $400 USD daily withdrawal limit. This makes it difficult for him to access enough of $540,000 to pay suppliers as they will only take cash.It was ok for the first week where he was making deposits and buying small things for his hostel office room. His family have been great and we are trying towork with them and the bank to increase his credit limit. He also has a mastercard so we have topped that up so he will be able to access nearly $1000 a day. Really difficult conditions to work under. Well we are all behind Brian and we know he will be able to keep good relations with the suppliers until we resolve the money issue.
Kerry leaves tomorrow for Yangon and will be able to give a Brian a much needed break on a few fronts. Kerry has been giving really detailed briefings to the crisis team and it is a credit to here she has been able to absorb and distill all the information coming from reliefweb, alertnet and bbc world service. Well I'm off to the pub with some of the staff from the crisis team. We sure need a beer after the week we've had. Trish the Asia Manager wanted to present her teams problem tree on the cyclone but I think it can wait till next week.