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Activity Report 23 (Dedaye) |
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Place : Dedaye
Date : August 17, 2008
How the Villages were selected
The data for Leik Kyun Village was provided by local NGO network and Thin Paung Chaung Village was selected based on the information provided by Searcher Myanmar volunteer group.
Based on the available funds, only 73 sacks of fertilizers for 73 acres of farming land could be donated.
Data for Leik Kyung
It is a village tract and comprises of 5 Villages with 476 households.
Leik Kyun: Household 167
Kan Su: Household 107
A Sae Gyi: Household 108
Kyone Ta Du: Household 63
Kyone Paw: Household 31
Number of fatalities: 4
Farming land: 782
Number of farmers: 55
Criteria for selection of farmers for Leik Kyun Village
1) Female headed farm
2) Highest number of children
Selected farmers from Leik Kyun Village
1) U Aye Lwin: age 50
Spouse: age 49
Number of children: 5 (3 males and 2 females)
Farming Land: 20 acres
Loss from cyclone: 2 million kyats worth of paddy (200 tins)
4 out of 8 animals
House partially damaged
Rice Productivity: 45/50 tins from 1 acre; 400 tins in total
2) U Hla Tin: age 40
Spouse: age 41
Number of children: 5 (2 males and 3 females)
Farming Land: 13 acres
Loss from cyclone: 800,000 kyats worth of paddy (130 tins)
7 out of 12 animals
Lost the roof
Rice Productivity: 340 tins
He was bitten by a snake 8 years ago and one third of his income was invested in his medical treatment. His 2 daughters were sent off from school because of his financial situation. He is unfit to work and his elder son is taking care of his business.
3) Daw Than: age 72
Spouse: deceased
Number of children: 8 (5 males and 3 females)
Farming Land: 10 acres
Loss from cyclone: 80 tins of paddy (Did not possess any animals)
House completely damaged
Rice Productivity: 500 tins
She has only one good eye. Her eldest son is now taking care of assets.
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Daw Than, U Hla Tin and U Aye Lwin (from Left to right)
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Checking the fertilizer
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Loaded sacks
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Reloading at the boat
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Getting to the paddy field
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Getting ready for sprinkling
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sprinkling
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paddy field
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In addition to the fertilizer, exercise books were donated to the students. They have one primary school which was completely destroyed. Now they are using the Monastery as a temporary school. There are 155 students and 4 teachers. Since they don't have elementary school, the students have to go to Kyone Dar village. Each student was given 4 books and 5 pencils. A local donor donated pencils and radios.
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Students
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Books and pencils donation
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Elementary students came back
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Books distributed to elementary students
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Data for Thin Paung Chaung Village
Household: 700
Selected farmers: U San Hla & Daw Nyunt (4 acres)
U Myint Aung & Daw Ohn Htay (4 acres)
U Myint Oo & Ma Yin Aye (5 acres)
Daw Than Yin (6 acres)
U San Myint (4 acres)
U Myint Lwin (5 acres)
U Soe and Daw Hla Myint (3 acres)
U Khin Maung Si and Daw Thi Khaing (4 acres)
Ko Than Oo and Ma Maw (15 acres)
Ko Ohn Myint (10 acres)
Ko Soe Lwin (8 acres)
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Last Updated ( Monday, 27 October 2008 )
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