A house destroyed by Tropical Cyclone Mocha at Ohn Taw Chay refugee camp in Sittwe, Myanmar, on May 16, 2023 (Photo: AFP/VNA) The items, deliveredto Yangon, include emergency shelter tool kits and a manual water filtrationsystem worth 37,800 USD. They were transported from the Disaster EmergencyLogistics System for ASEAN (DELSA) warehouse in Subang, Malaysia, by Indonesia’smilitary aircraft, according to the ASEAN Chair’s statement released on June 30.
Earlier, two batchesof DELSA relief items worth 393,400 USD had also been shipped to Yangon.
Moving forward, ASEANstands ready to continue supporting Myanmar, including in the transition fromemergency response to recovery phase. Modality of support may be developed,among others, from the final ASEAN Emergency Response and Assessment Team(ASEAN-ERAT) needs assessment report.
The ASEANSecretary-General, in his capacity as the ASEAN Humanitarian AssistanceCoordinator, will coordinate the bloc's response, the statement read.
Tropical Cyclone Mocha’sdevastating impact has affected millions in Myanmar and severely damaging over 277,000buildings including residential houses, schools, hospitals, and other publicfacilities.
To date, through ASEANCoordinating Centre for Humanitarian Assistance on disaster management (AHACentre), the ASEAN has mobilised 10 batches of humanitarian support for Myanmarwith a total value of around 1.6 million USD. ASEAN member states have alsoresponded individually by providing humanitarian assistance support in theforms of financial aid, logistics, and tools/equipment, the statement noted./.
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