Reuters AlertNet, UK
Sept 29 2004

Beslan Receives Assistance from UMCOR
29 Sep 2004 19:15:00 GMT

Source: NGO latest

United Methodist Committee on Relief (UMCOR) – USA Website:
http://http:// 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 $10,000 to the Centre 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 Centre 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. The Armenian Ministry of Social
Welfare asked UMCOR 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 $2,500.00.

UMCOR school kits typically contain scissors, 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.