Two months after cyclone Nargis, which caused 84 thousand dead in Myanmar (with 54 thousand people currently missing), UNICEF is going on strengthening assistance to children and families in the most seriously struck areas, by supplying medicine and nutritional aid, water and sanitation, by fostering re-opening of schools and by protecting children left alone. ” “"Cyclone Nargis had serious consequences on the lives, the integrity and the health of children: UNICEF" is pledging for "the children of Myanmar to go on receiving the aid which they need to overcome the serious shock which they suffered", declared Ramesh Shresta, UNICEF representative in Myanmar. "We cannot forget the sufferings of children, we must do something to eliminate them". Thanks to support by several donors, the UNO agency for children operates in close touch with the Government, the other UNO agencies and partner organizations to reach the farthest places in the Irrawaddy delta by means of helicopters and boats, to take them the necessary aid. According to UNO estimates, the seriously struck people are 2.4 million, one million of whom are roofless and without means of support. (To be continued) ” “
