WB allocates Rp 1.1b for school repairs

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