UNICEF: Children return to school in tsunami-stricken Samoa

APIA, Samoa, 12 October 2009 UNICEF is working closely with the Samoan Governments Ministry of Education, Sports and Culture to ensure that tsunami-affected children are able to resume their education as soon as possible.

The tsunami that hit southern Samoa on 29 September triggered by a powerful undersea earthquake destroyed four primary schools and one secondary school, directly affecting almost 1,100 children.

Many classrooms, toilet blocks and potable water facilities were lost in the disaster. At the same time, glass, steel and other debris was strewn about, making it too dangerous to run temporary learning spaces on the sites of the destroyed schools.

To read the full story, visit http://www.unicef.org/infobycountry/samoa_51393.html

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