September
4, 2017
About
3,000 people displaced by recent unrest in Maungtaw District, Rakhine State are
being housed at 17 temporary camps established by monasteries and Hindu temples
in Sittway as of 3 September.
The
camps were established at Dhammayama monastery, Adeikhtan monastery,
Mahazayatheikdi Pahtan monastery, Thayetaw monastery, Pyigyimandine monastery,
Dhammapala monastery, Yadana Beikman monastery, Yay Pike Sone monastery,
Alodawpye monastery, Theikdikayone monastery, La Yaung Wun monastery, Lanmadaw
North monastery, Maniyadana monastery, Sutaungpye monastery, Buddhawmaw
monastery and two Hindu temples.
Camp
occupants include 914 households with 1,282 men, 1,716 women.
Deputy
Head of Sittway Township General Administration Department U Min Thein said the
state government is providing rice and cooking oil in addition to Ks 1,500 per
person daily for livelihood expenses.
“We
are conducting head counts everyday of people in the camps and organizing
living spaces. In each camp, a head of
each respective ward and a clerk from our department are being assigned. They
report to us and we in turn report daily to the state government,” he said.
Cooking
and food utensils are being provided by the state government to some
monasteries lacking supplies due to the large number of people. Health
professionals are also assigned to the camps.
“Nurses
are assigned in each camp while doctors are going around in mobile team to
provide health services,” said U Min Thein. “If there is a need for
hospitalization, arrangements are made. The main problem we face now is lack of
toilet facilities at the monasteries. State government officials and companies
are arranging to construct more toilets.”
U
Than Tun, a volunteer helping out in Mahazayatheikdi monastery said “There are
about 300 people in Mahazayahtheikdi monastery. Locals are providing food and
other personnel items but there is a need for government officials to be more
involved.”
Ref;
The Global New Light of Myanmar
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