Under the most recent project between 2016 and 2020, New Zealand focused its support on addressing the UXO problem in Xieng Khuang, which is the second most contaminated province in Laos.
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): The Government of New Zealand will provide an additional four years of funding through the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) from 2021 to 2024 totalling NZ$10,300,000 (over US$7.3 million or over 68 billion kip) for the UXO sector in Laos.
New Zealand will continue its support to UXO Lao’s operations in Xieng Khuang province under this new four-year commitment, including its Area Clearance, Non-Technical and Technical Survey and Mine Risk Education activities, according to a press release from UNDP.
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Contractors are working to complete about 200 new houses before Lao New Year next month so that some of the people who lost their homes during the devastating flood that hit Attapeu province in July 2018 can finally start to rebuild their lives.
VIENTIANE (Vientiane Times/ANN): Unicef has provided education materials worth more than 33.6 billion kip (US$3.6 million) to help implement the Education Response Plan of the Ministry of Education and Sports.
The materials provided to the ministry consist of textbooks, teachers’ guides and other learning materials for use by about 760,000 children from pre-primary to secondary school levels, and over 35,000 teachers across the country, and are valued at more than 20.5 billion kip (US$2.2 million).
Additionally, almost one million children in kindergarten, pre-primary and primary schools will receive soap, cleaning and other hygiene materials to support Covid-19 prevention measures in schools, worth more than 13 billion kip (US$1.4 million).
This will be done by supporting the International Organisation for Migration (IOM) immigration and border management programme.
An agreement on the assistance was signed in Vientiane on Tuesday by IOM Chief of Mission Shareen Tuladhar and Japanese Ambassador to Laos Takewaka Keizo. The event was attended by officials from the Ministry of Public Security,
The two-year funding support will target the safe and orderly cross border movement of people through the implementation of effective and efficient border and migration management, using an integrated approach.
Representatives of Ngoi district and the company join villagers at the commencement ceremony of the drinking water demonstration project.
Laos ministry seeks to reduce number of child workers thestar.com.my - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from thestar.com.my Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.