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UNITED NATIONS BORDER RELIEF OPERATION

appropriate Royal Thai Government

Ministries and organizations,

interested Embassies and Non-Governmental Organizations.

Khmer

UNBRO continues to provide support directly to the

administrations and Khmer Womens Association for primary level

education and adult literacy programmes. This support takes the form

of technical advice for curriculum development,

school buildings.

teachers' training

etc., and the provision of direct material aid for school supplies and

Royal Thai Government and UNBRO have been

facilities and opportunities for the border

discussing educational

Khmer and these discussions are continuing. A perennial problem is the

shortage of trained Khmer teachers in the encampments.

UNBRO co-ordinates the activities of thirteen voluntary

agencies involved in health care, supplementary feeding and sanitation.

During 1986, UNBRO's funding of these voluntary agency programmes will

amount to almost $ 6 million. While some changes in voluntary agency

programmes may be necessitated by the changing border situation, UNBRO

believes that the current mix of smaller and larger agencies, from a

variety of national and cultural backgrounds, is a good one.

The voluntary agencies continue to play an indispensable role

Their dedication and hard work

in the border relief operation.

performed under difficult and, at times, dangerous conditions has much

impressed me and I would like to thank the cooperating voluntary

agencies for their good work during the past year.

will

As times goes on, it is to be hoped that the border Khmer

be able to assume greater responsibility for their own lives and

for the improvement of the quality of their lives, within the practical

limits imposed by the daily reality of the border situation.

UNBRO

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