Narinjara News, 21 January 2023

Rakhine Social Association, Norway donated a large volume of blankets to theTaungmin Kala  camp in Kyauk Taw township, where the refugees are stillfacing crisis in the cold winter days because of the shortage of blankets.

On behalf of the RSA (Norway), Wan Lark Development Foundationdonated blankets to the refugee camps in Kyauk Taw townshipon on 18 January.

162 blankets (worth Kyats12,980,000 ) were donated to 81 households.Twoblankets per family were handed over to those people who were displaced inRakhine, said U Khaing Kung San, director of the Wan Lark Development Foundation.

"In the cold winter days, the refugees need warmclothes and blankets. We donated according to the necessity,” he added.

U Aung Kyaw Win, in-charge of Taung Minkala IDP camp informed Narinjara Newsthat they were grateful to the donors for coming forward to donate the warmclothes and blankets.

"I am personally very grateful to receive the items asit was necessary,” he added.

Taung Minkala war refugee camp in Kyauk Taw township issupporting more than 500 ethnic Khmer people who fled the war in their places.

During the gunfighting between the government forces and AA members between 2018 and 2020, a large numberof residents from Painya Wa, Nga Swe and Parchay tribal villages fledto refugee camps in Taung Minkular.