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  • Beslan Receives Assistance from UMCOR

    Reuters AlertNet, UK
    Sept 29 2004

    Beslan Receives Assistance from UMCOR
    29 Sep 2004 19:15:00 GMT

    Source: NGO latest


    United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) - USA Website:
    http://http://http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/ Teachers and school
    leaders in Beslan, in the Russian province of North Ossetia,
    where many hundreds died in a tragic siege at a city school last
    month, will receive therapeutic workshops and psychosocial support
    from an UMCOR partner. UMCOR has donated $10,000 to the Centre for
    Peacemaking and Community Development to fund a network of training
    and support, including visual arts, music, dance and drama. These
    activities help survivors master the intrusive memories of their
    experiences. The Centre has been working in the Beslan region since
    1995 and responded to local authorities' urgent request for expertise
    in trauma counselling.

    UMCOR-Armenia has also provided in-kind assistance for those affected
    by the hostage-taking in Beslan. The Armenian Ministry of Social
    Welfare asked UMCOR to contribute relief supplies for a container
    to be delivered to the town. UMCOR provided 60 school kits and 147
    hygiene kits, valued at just under $2,500.00.

    UMCOR school kits typically contain scissors, crayons, pens and
    pencils, paper and other writing materials. Health kits include such
    supplies as hand towels, wash cloths, combs and sterile bandages. To
    learn more about how to assemble school and health kits, you can find
    specifications online.

    http://www.alertnet.org/thenews/fromthefield/109648543591.htm
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