The United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) plans to set up at least 100 amusement centers for survived children in Myanmar's two cyclone-hard-hit divisions, the local-language weekly Myanmar Times reported Thursday.
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.
Arrangement will also be made for providing health care and education services for the children, it added.
There were 51 children amusement facilities in the two divisions, of which some were closed after storm.
According to the report, the UNICEF has also 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, the government is also building two orphanages in Phyapon and Laputta in the delta region to each house 300 orphans.
Deadly cyclone Nargis, which occurred over the Bay of Bengal, hit five divisions and states on last May 2 and 3.
The storm killed 84,537 people and left 53,836 missing and 19,359 injured, according to the latest official statistics.
Source:Xinhua
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