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European Union gives $2.2m for aid
projects
THE European
Union has allocated more than US$2 million to Myanmar for health
care and other projects which will benefit about half a million
people. The donation of two-million euros (about $2.2 million) will
be channelled through the European Community Humanitarian Office
(ECHO) to non-government organisations in Myanmar during the next 12
months. It brings to more than $6 million the amount allocated by
the EU to aid projects in Myanmar since 1996. The EU announced the
latest allocation in a statement issued on September 21. FULL
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A humble family fears a foreign gesture
EI EI Khaing and Zarni Win are two sisters
presently contributing the main income for their family of six;
father, mother and four siblings. Plus four cats. They work at a
garment factory not too far from their house in Shwe Pyi Thar. The
far outskirts of Shwe Pyi Thar is reached by miles of rugged tar
roads. Mya Sein Thar Lane, (Pleasant Emerald Green) leading to Ei
Ei’s house, is made negotiable with sand bags set down in a line on
the slippery mud. A shop sells vegetables at a corner, another
has bins of rice and there is even a general store. FULL
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