A
formal ceremony was held in Sha-Wor Village in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State
to present humanitarian aid to the 227 displaced persons who fled their homes
after a security response in Kachin State occurred.
Present
at the ceremony were Director U Aung Kyaw Htoo of the Kachin State Development
Administration Office, officials from Myitkyina District’s General
Administration Department, departmental organizations and the displaced
persons.
At
the ceremony, Director U Aung Kyaw Htoo presented the humanitarian aid on
behalf of the Ministry of Border Affairs to the displaced persons to which the
DPs expressed their thanks.
The
humanitarian aid included a month’s worth of rations (estimated to be Ks
3,164,200), 82 bags of rice, 140 viss of edible oil, 211 viss of lentils
(approx. 759.6 lbs), and 35 viss of salt (approx.. 126 lbs).
The
Ministry of Border Affairs has supplied humanitarian aid to 2,380 displaced
persons in Kachin State. The total humanitarian aids supplied are 883 sacks of
rice, 1,390 viss of edible oil, 2,337 viss of lentils (approx. 8,413.2 lbs),
450 viss of salt (approx. 1,620 lbs), 162 blankets and 82 mosquito nets.
The
humanitarian aid has been distributed with the help of the regional military
force to Manwe Village in Phakant Township, Tanphe Village in Myitkyina
Township, Namti Town in Mogaung Township, and Aung Lawd Village in Tanai
Township.
Future
plans for distributing medicine, providing healthcare and nutritional supplement
tochildren are underway.
Myanmar
News Agency
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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