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Article: The Islamic Development Bank Group to Support Rebuilding of Nargis-Destroyed Schools in Ayeyarwady Delta
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- February 19, 2009
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The Association of South-East Asian Nations issued the following news release:
A group of officers from the Islamic Development Bank (IDB) Group visited cyclone-affected communities yesterday as part of the IDB's plan to help build schools in the Ayeyarwady Delta that were destroyed after Cyclone Nargis last year.
Headed by Country Projects Officer Samih Ahmad Faruqi, the IDB Group, assisted by its implementing agency, Asian Resource Foundation, visited seven schools in the townships of Kombu, Kunyangon, Dedaye, Oyapon, and Bogale. The IDB Group plans to donate approximately US$300,000 to build five schools in the Delta to accommodate about 100 students in each school.
In Bogale Township, ...