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"UNION Minister for Social Welfare,
Relief and Resettlement
Dr Win Myat Aye and Rakhine
State Chief Minister U Nyi Pu
visited the injured students and
the internally displaced persons
in Buthidaung Township, Rakhine
State, yesterday morning.
A school girl was injured in
an attack that hit her primary
school in Khamwechaung Village.
She was at the Buthidaung
People’s Hospital for medical
treatment.
The Union Minister comforted
the patient and her family
members by presenting cash,
jackets and medicines.
He also met with 15 wounded
school children and their parents
from the same village at the
hospital hall, and provided them
with some relief assistance.
During the meetings with
the children, the Union Minister
expressed his sorrow at the
accident happened on 13 February,
and said the government’s
assistance to the children as the
Rakhine State has been put in
the top priority of government
for peace and development of
the region.
Rakhine State Chief Minister
U Nyi Pu also pledged to
provide assistance to the injured
children. The Chief Minister and officials
also coordinated in water
supply, transportation, health
services and school renovations.
In the afternoon, the Union
Minister and party visited the
two temporary IDP camps in
Buthidaung Township, and comforted
the people, with giving
rice, food items and toys.
At the meeting with the
IDPs, the Union Minister explained
the government’s works
for development of Rakhine State
and for ending conflicts as it is
part of the Union of Myanmar.
People requested for the
needs at the camps, from foods
to transportation..."
Source/publisher:
Myanmar Ministry of Information via "The Global New Light of Myanmar"
Date of Publication:
2020-02-20
Date of entry:
2020-02-20
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- Individual Documents
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Countries:
Myanmar
Administrative areas of Burma/Myanmar:
Rakhine State
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English
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