More than a tree …
Each year, communities in Rakhine state, located on the coast north western Myanmar, are exposed to floods and cyclones. Between 2008 and 2011, Malteser International has helped the community Kyae Taw planting almost 18,000 mangroves, protecting more than 3,000 residents of two villages in the town of Sittwe.
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