The appeal by UNICEF: "Children need help"
Tuesday 07/29/2008 12:37
Almost three months since Cyclone Nargis slammed into Myanmar, 700,000 children are still need for long-term care. Some 2.4 million people were affected by the cyclone, which destroyed hundreds of thousands of homes, schools and health centers. "While there has been a gradual improvement of the conditions of children and have been neutralize the risks of major epidemics, we must strengthen efforts to ensure that children and families can fully recover from the devastation caused by Cyclone Nargis," said Ramesh Shrestha, UNICEF Representative in Myanmar.
The immense damage caused by Cyclone Nargis to a recent report published by UN / ASEAN (the community of South East Asia): 700,000 houses destroyed and 75% of health facilities; collapsed or damaged more than 4,000 schools, flooded 600,000 hectares of agricultural land and lost more than 50% of livestock, destroyed fishing boats, food stocks and agricultural implements, with losses and damages of more than 4 billion dollars.
On 10 July, the UN launched a revised appeal for Myanmar to 481.8 million dollars, which covers emergency relief and initial reconstruction until April 2009: the proportion of the funds necessary for operations UNICEF amounted to $ 90,877,000. From May 4 to date, UNICEF has conducted over 200 missions in the affected areas and more than 50 humanitarian flights have delivered aid of Unicef \u200b\u200bin Myanmar.
Among the results so far achieved, UNICEF has distributed emergency health kits to treat 630 000 people, 21,283 delivery kits and basic medicines in 2361, 634,700 sachets of oral rehydration salts, 1,646 tons of therapeutic food, one million capsules vitamin A, 186,130 mosquito nets and 51,610 family kits, vaccinating more than 16,830 women and children. In the field of water and sanitation, UNICEF has distributed 900 family kits for water tanks and vessels between 109,241, 130 water tanks from 5,000 to 50,000 liters, 4.6 million tablets and other additives sufficient potable 24.5 million liters of water, building latrines and distributing 29,543 so far 299 of toilets and plumbing.
Given the impact of the cyclone on the education sector, UNICEF is supporting school activities through the distribution of school tents - of which 123 are already installed - and the provision of 181,269 tarpaulins that have allowed schools to make re-useable 1324 uncovered the roof . 131,208 individual learning basic kits have been distributed to as many school children, plus the distribution to schools in 807 school emergency kit sufficient to more than 64,560 children and 873 social and recreational kits for 34,920 more children.
To meet the needs of protection and psychosocial support of children affected by the cyclone, UNICEF has opened up 61 spaces and supports for children, has so far registered 616 children separated from parents and established a system of family research and assistance administered by the same local communities. UNICEF is present in Myanmar with a central office and nine branch offices, renews its appeal to donors to support the emergency relief and reconstruction in the country: so far, up 90.8 million dollars to UNICEF received 44 % of the resources needed.
(SOURCE: AFFARITALIANI.IT)
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