UNICEF calls on all the parties involved in the fighting to vacate school buildings and ensure safe access to education for children.
Behind the recently vacated school, the School Construction Authority is building a replacement, which is supposed to be completed by fall 2013.
The assistance is needed to help families find alternative housing and vacate the schools in time for the start of the new school year, which begins in less than two weeks.
Children are expected to return to school on 6 October, and UNICEF assistance will contribute towards creating favorable conditions for the displaced population to return to their homes and vacate the schools.
According to the Chicago Sun-Times, the Dulles School of Excellence, 6311 S. Calumet Ave . informed its staff in a memo sent earlier this month that they should clear and vacate the school and its parking lot immediately after classes are dismissed at 3 30 p.m. each day.
True progress on the revitalization plan, however, hinges on the relocation of town offices from the village to a vacated middle school.
It is looking to turn the vacated buildings into schools, nurseries and housing.
These consisted of existing schools, vacated French barracks, churches and tent cities on the grounds of Tan Son Nhut Air Base and Phú Thọ Racecourse.
Only 10 will be occupy new school spaces, while the rest will fill space being vacated by closing schools or in currently underused school buildings, the Times reports.
Mr. Rotigliano visited the displacement sites, which have been reorganized by the Government in order to vacate and re-open schools for the start of the school year on 1 October.
