UNICEF is setting up child-friendly spaces in camps giving shelter to people affected by Cyclone Nargis in Myanmar (Burma). These spaces offer care and protection for children and young people especially those who have lost or been separated from their families. Just in Laputta Township in the Irrawaddy Delta, UNICEF is currently trying to identify the parents of 24 children sheltering with people they do not know.
The child-friendly spaces can also serve as makeshift schools while UNICEF works towards getting children back to school in time for the opening of the school year on June 1. In addition, UNICEF has ordered large quantities of "schools-in-a-backpack", a more mobile version of the "school-in-a-box" kit used in emergency situations around the world.
Source: UNICEF
Mike Hitchen, Mike Hitchen Consulting Publisher of i On Global Trends and Sydney IrresistibleLane Cove , NSW 2006
