Arab News Japan

TOKYO: Japan has announced it will provide emergency relief kits, including water tanks and emergency evacuation tents, to people at monastic schools in the Mandalay region who have been forced to live in evacuation sites due to the damage caused by the earthquake that struck central Myanmar on March 28, Japan’s Foreign Ministry reported.

The monastic schools provide educational opportunities to children who have been unable to attend school due to the conflict in Myanmar, as well as providing livelihood support to internally displaced people.

The earthquake damaged school buildings and water supply facilities, and the displaced people are being forced to live in difficult conditions.

Children who had been staying with family members and relatives are scheduled to return to the monastic schools in time for the start of the new school term in June, and further relief supplies are needed.

It is expected that the support will enable the children and teachers at the monastic schools to live in safe and hygienic conditions, as well as to provide safe drinking water to residents and displaced persons.

The Foreign Ministry said Japan will continue to implement humanitarian assistance that directly benefits the people of Myanmar who need support.