UNICEF to build disaster-resistant schools in Myanmar
8/12/2008 16:22
The United Nation Children's Fund ( UNICEF) will build seven quake and
storm resistant schools in Myanmar's cyclone-hit regions to enable students to
pursue education in a safe environment in case of disaster, the local Modern
weekly journal reported today.
International professional architects will
design for such schools equipped with heathcare and education services and be
built by local engineers, the report said, quoting the UN organization.
The
quake and storm resistant schools will also provide shelter for local people
when meeting with disaster, the sources added.
According to earlier local
reports, the UNICEF also planned to open at least 100 amusement centers for
survived children in Myanmar's two cyclone-hard-hit divisions.
Secured
environment will be selected for the location of the amusement centers in
Ayeyawaddy and Yangon divisions which will be managed by aid workers and
respective village dignitaries, the report said.
There were 51 children
amusement facilities in the two divisions, of which some were closed after
storm.
According to the report, the UNICEF has helped establish information
center in Laputta, one of the hardest-hit townships in the Ayeyawaddy delta, and
find 428 missing people with 15 family members getting reunified with
them.
Meanwhile, two orphanages in Phyapon and Laputta in the delta region
were also covered by the UNICEF to each house 300 orphans.
Deadly cyclone
Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states --
Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on last May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy
and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and massive infrastructure
damage.
The storm has killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 missing and 19,359
injured according to the latest official death toll.
Xinhua
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