Foreign aid continues flowing to Myanmar

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Foreign aid continues flowing to Myanmar
Hanoi (VNA) – More foreign aid continue coming to Myanmar in order to help cyclone victims for the recovery of their livehood, according to news agencies.

The Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA) has donated fishery equipment for cyclone survivors to use in fishery recovery work in storm-hit areas in the country, agencies said, citing the weekly 7-Day News in Myanmar on May 7.

The equipment worth 120,463 USD, which included water pumps and engines, refrigerators, fishing nets, oxygen bottles and other fishery-related materials, were handed over to the Myanmar Fishery Department recently by JICA.

The Japanese government will also provide 3 million USD more of aid through the International Organization for Migration (IOM) to rebuild the remaining damaged houses in the cyclone-hit regions.


Meanwhile, the United Nations Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) will extend its aid supplies to Myanmar cyclone victims later this month.

The aid supplies for the survivors in four cyclone-hit townships include tractors, cattle, paddy seed and vegetables seedlings, Xinhua news agency reported, citing Myanmar’ Biweekly Eleven.

Earlier this year, FAO donated two batch of poultry and cattle to cyclone victims.

Deadly tropical 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. The storm killed 84,537 people, injured 19,359 and left 53,836 people missing. (VNA)
Today In Asia : Last Update : 13:07:15 8 May 2009 (GMT+7:00)