WB allocates Rp 1.1b for school repairs

AMBON, Maluku: The World Bank will provide a Rp 1.1 billion loan for the reconstruction of 12 elementary schools in the Maluku capital of Ambon.

The World Bank loan accounts for 40 percent of the total development funds for the reconstruction of elementary schools in Ambon, which will cost Rp 300 million each, the head of the elementary school reconstruction project, Luck Pattiasina, said here on Saturday.

"The funds have been transferred to the accounts of each of the elementary schools at the local branch of Bank BRI through the Maluku state treasury office," he said.

Communal clashes engulfed Maluku islands between 1999 and 2002, claiming thousands of lives and destroying hundreds of houses and public facilities, including school buildings. -- Antara