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UN to build provisional schools in Myanmar cyclone-hit region
September 08, 2008Xinhua News
YANGON, Sept. 8 (Xinhua) -- The United Nations Human Settlements Program (UN-Habitat) agency will build 40 provisional schools in four cyclone-hard-hit townships in Myanmar's Ayeyawaddy division, the local Weekly Eleven News reported Monday. The 40 provisional schools include 8 in Bogalay, 10 in Laputta, 10 in Phyapon and 12 in Dedaye. According to the report, the cyclone, which stroke Myanmar early last May, destroyed a total of 4,000 basic education schools and 1,584 monasteries. Meanwhile, the UN-Habitat agency, in cooperation with the Myanmar Engineering Society and the Architectural Society, is sponsoring design competitions on storm-resistant buildings. The winning design will be applied in such building construction in the storm-hit region in the country's rehabilitation efforts after storm. Besides, the United Nations Development Program (UNDP) is also helping cyclone survivors to rebuild their storm-ravaged houses in the region. Deadly tropical cyclone Nargis hit five divisions and states --Ayeyawaddy, Yangon, Bago, Mon and Kayin on May 2 and 3, of which Ayeyawaddy and Yangon inflicted the heaviest casualties and massive infrastructural damage. The storm has killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 missing and 19,359 injured according to the latest official death toll.
School rebuilding work begins in Myanmar
July 31, 2008Work to rebuild 16 schools attended by more than 2,500 children in Myanmar has begun as part of Plan�s effort to help those affected by Cyclone Nargis.
The work is the result of a US$200,000 partnership agreed by Plan and Bridge Asia Japan (BAJ).
Under the agreement, Plan is funding the restoration and replacement of new roofs, furniture, latrines and running water systems for the schools in Myaungmya and Mawlamayinegyun townships - both located in Myanmar's Ayeyarwady Division, the area that felt the brunt of the cyclone�s destructive force.
An estimated 140,000 people are dead or missing as a result of the cyclone which struck Myanmar in May. More than 2,400,000 people were affected.
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Cyclone-affected children in Myanmar return to the classroom
July 22, 2008
LAPUTTA TOWNSHIP, Myanmar, 22 July 2008 – The school year here in the southern Irrawaddy Delta region was supposed to resume last month. The destruction and damage affecting nearly 60 per cent of the area’s public schools in the aftermath of Cyclone Nargis, however, prevented classes from starting on time.
It has been over two months since the cyclone hit Myanmar. In the Irrawaddy Delta, where the most severe destruction occurred, recovery and relief efforts have progressed well, enabling the area to rebuild schools. Just a few weeks ago, schools reopened, giving more than 6,000 children more hope for a better future.
UNICEF and its partners have set up large tents that serve as safe learning spaces for children whose schools were destroyed. So far, 123 school tents have been set up in six townships in the southern Irrawaddy Delta, and 56 of the temporary schools have also received classroom furniture.
In addition to the school tents and furniture, latrine pans and...
School provides glimpse of routine for Burma kids
July 10, 2008
In the cyclone-affected areas of Burma, school is back in. Thousands of schools have reopened in the past week and it's in part due to the work of agencies like Save the Children.