Myanmar appeals for more donations for schools in cyclone-hit region_English_Xinhua

Myanmar appeals for more donations for schools in cyclone-hit region_English_Xinhua: "The Myanmar education authorities have appealed for more donations to rebuild remaining basic education schools in the cyclone-hard-hit Ayeyawaddy delta region, saying that 849 such schools are still in need of fund for the move.

According to the Department of Basic Education-1 under the Ministry of Education Thursday, out of a total of 1,785 primary, middle and high schools destroyed in the cyclone that hit the region early last May, 694 have been or are being repaired, leaving 1,091 schools yet to be done for reopening."

BURMA: Cyclone Relief - Distrust of Junta Deters Donors

BURMA: Cyclone Relief - Distrust of Junta Deters Donors: "Currently, only 50 percent of the 482 million US dollars that had been sought in a U.N. flash appeal has come in, the world body states in its assessment of pledges for the natural disaster in Myanmar, as the country is also known.

The lack of funding is expected to hamper plans to meet the humanitarian needs of millions of victims and help in the early recovery programmes. Some 13 U.N. agencies and 23 non-governmental organisations (NGOs) were due to dip into these funds for ‘’critically-needed assistance’’ that was to last through April 2009."

Post-Cyclone Aid Divides Myanmar | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL

Post-Cyclone Aid Divides Myanmar | Gainesville.com | The Gainesville Sun | Gainesville, FL: "Post-Cyclone Aid Divides Myanmar

THE NEW YORK TIMES

Published: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 6:01 a.m.
Last Modified: Tuesday, October 21, 2008 at 5:11 a.m.

SITTWE, Myanmar — The cyclone that ravaged Myanmar’s Irrawaddy Delta five months ago has led to an unexpectedly robust influx of foreign money and relief workers, showering aid on a small part of Myanmar’s population but leaving other, equally desperate parts of the country to fend for themselves."

Myanmar to build up to 60,000 low-cost houses in cyclone-hit regions_English_Xinhua

Myanmar to build up to 60,000 low-cost houses in cyclone-hit regions_English_Xinhua: "Myanmar has targeted to build up to60,000 low-cost houses for homeless cyclone victims in Ayeyawaddy and Yangon divisions hit by cyclone Nargis in early last May, a local weekly reported Tuesday.

The low-cost housing projects have been implemented by 69 private companies since June under the country's rehabilitation program and so far, 7,539 of such houses have been donated by the government and well-wishers, the Pyi Myanmar quoted the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement as saying."