Place : Mawlamyinegyun
Date : July 18-21, 2008
We took a ferry from Yangon jetty left around 04:30 pm on 18 July and arrived Mawlamyinegyung around 03:00 am the next day. We first went to UNICEF to confirm the level of assistance required at the villages that we would be visiting. We left Mawlamyinegyun around 09:00 am and the boat ride was 4 hours. The first village was Pat Lae which was also called Mi Chaung Gaung (2) under Ma Bae village tract. There are 75 households with 360 populations. They have 400 acres of farming land and the government provided 3 tractors. There are 15 farmers and 56 casual labours. The number of death was 30. They have one affiliated primary school which is completely damaged. It is now temporarily opened at the Monastery.
Medical Cover : We treated 13 patients; 6 high blood pressure, 2 normal cold, 3 injuries, 1 AN Care and 1 back pain.
The second village was Myit Toe under Shauk Chaung Village tract. They have 158 households with 800 populations. The number of death was around 70. They have 750 acres of farming land and 48 farmers. The government provided 5 tractors and they need 200 paddy seeds. They have already plowed 10 acres. Some of the houses are not yet rebuilt and those who can't afford stay together with the neighbours who have rebuilt their houses.
Medical Cover : We treated 5 patients; 1 Monk with injury, 2 gastritis and 2 general weakness.
The third village was Pat Pyae village under Pat Pyae village tract. They have 114 households with 481 populations. They have primary and secondary schools with 125 students. Their professions are farming, fishing and coconut planting. The number of death was 61. Apart from 5 houses, all of them were completely damaged. They have 426 acres of farming land. UNDP distributed 38000 kyats to their micro finance project members and 17,000 kyats to remaining 50 who are not the members.
Medical Cover : We treated 40 patients; chest infection & common cold, hypertension, injuries, diarrhea, AN Care and general weakness.
The fourth village was Min Sae under Da Saung village tract. There are 88 households with 349 populations. The number of death was around 80. They have 420 acres of farming land and 22 farmers. The government provided 9 tractors and 2 gallons of diesel was given to 1 acre of the farm. IDE, INGO provided the paddy seeds.
Medical Cover : We treated 12 patients; chest infection & common cold, hypertension, injuries, diarrhea, AN Care skin infection and general weakness.
The fifth village was Sa-Kan-Chaung-Lay under Hlaing Bone village tract. There are 69 households with 296 numbers of populations. The number of death was 46 (20 men and 26 women). They have 371 acres of farming land. The government provided 4 tractors and half a gallon of diesel was given to 1 acre of the farm. One primary school is completely damaged and there are 45 numbers of students. Apart from 3 houses, all of them were completely damaged.
The sixth village was Kyi-Gyaung under Pat Pyae village tract. There are 76 households with 302 numbers of populations. The number of death was 32. The primary school was already rebuilt and the number of students was 61. They have 224.80 acres of farming land with 19 farmers.
It was already 07:30pm when we left Kyi-Gyaung. It was too dark and we decided to stop over for a night at Min Sae village. We stayed at the house owned by Daw Kyin Thein, age 70 female headed house who also owns 80 acres of farming land.
The next morning we went to Myit Kyi Bo village (the seventh village) under Myit Kyi Bo village tract. There are 40 households with 200 numbers of populations. The number of death 3 (one Monk and 2 men). They have 140 acres of farming land with 15 farmers. The government provided 1 tractor. Apart from the farmers, all at the working age are casual labors. It is too obvious that the whole village is very poor. The Monastery was completely damaged and even the Monks do not have a proper shelter.
Medical cover : Each house has one sick person (cold with fever). We treated 44 patients; cold with fever, hypertension, general weakness and minor injuries.
The last five villages (Min Sae, Pat Pyae, Sa-Kan-Chuaung Lay, Kyi-Gyaung and Myit Kyi Bo) are previously under Laputta Territory but from 15 July the government shifted the territory and they are now under Mawlamyine Gyun Territory. As a result, they are left out from the former arrangement. Previously, WFP was taking care of them for their food ration but now they don't know what will happen.
Our donation
| |
Village |
Rice |
Beans |
Salt |
Rain
cover
sheet
|
Radio |
Instant
Noodles |
Total
Household |
| 1 |
Pat Lae |
30 sacks
(16 cups for each population)
|
0.40 vs |
0.30 vs |
2 each |
- |
- |
75 |
| 2 |
Myit Toe |
20 sacks
(24 cups each HH)
|
0.20 vs |
0.15 vs |
1 each |
1 (at Monastery) |
- |
158 |
| 3 |
Pat Pyae |
24 sacks
(40 cups each HH)
|
0.40 vs |
0.30 vs |
1 each |
1 (at Monastery) |
300 (only to children) |
114 |
| 4 |
Min Sae |
19 sacks
(40 cups each HH)
|
0.40 vs |
0.30 vs |
1 each |
1 (at Monastery) |
90 (only to children) |
88 |
| 5 |
Sa-kan-chung Lay |
14 sacks
(40 cups each HH)
|
0.20 vs |
0.15 vs |
1 each |
- |
- |
69 |
| 6 |
Kyi Chaung |
19 sacks
(48 cups each HH)
|
- |
- |
2 each |
- |
40 |
76 |
| 7 |
Myit Kyi Boe |
9 sacks
(40 cups each HH)
|
- |
- |
19 (by lucky draw) |
1 each (40 total) |
40 |
40 |
Radio and noodles are donated by local donors. In Myit Kyi Boe, since there were insufficient supplies and due to the needs, 1000 kyats was donated to each household.
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