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Beslan receives UMCOR assistance29 September 2004 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 US$ 10,000 to the Center 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 Center 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. UMCOR was asked by the Armenian Ministry of Social Welfare 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 US$ 2,500.00. UMCOR school kits typically contain scissors, coloured 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 at http://gbgm-umc.org/umcor/kits.cfm. |
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