Unicef gives 2b/- to IDP's
Nov 26, 2003
THE United Nations children’s Fund (Unicef) has given an additional US$1 (about sh2b) emergency funding to help the needy children in conflict areas in northern and eastern Uganda
THE United Nations children’s Fund (Unicef) has given an additional US$1 (about sh2b) emergency funding to help the needy children in conflict areas in northern and eastern Uganda, reports John Eremu.
The agency’s country representative, Martin Mogwanja, said this at the Government of Uganda/Unicef Country Programme mid-term review at Hotel Africana yesterday.
He said they would also post full-time staff to Gulu and Kitgum districts by January next year.
He said the new staff would strengthen liaison with the local actors in ensuring rapid response to the humanitarian crisis created by the 17-year Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency.
“In addition, Unicef is posting a specialist on child protection for the next three months starting Monday in Soroti to address concerns in north eastern Uganda and to work with the authorities and NGOs,†Mogwanja said.
Mogwanja said the $1m emergency assistance announced in New York would go towards the drilling of boreholes in Internally Displaced People’s camps (IDPs), the purchase of essential drug kits, the construction of temporary learning centres, pit latrines and shelter for the estimated 15,000 children who trek to towns every evening to sleep on verandas.
Mogwanja condemned the brutal war led by Joseph Kony, which has displaced up to 1.4 million people in the north and north-east.
The Minister of Finance Minister and Economic Planning, Gerald Sendaula said the conflict had continued to disrupt government programmes in the north and northeast.
The agency’s country representative, Martin Mogwanja, said this at the Government of Uganda/Unicef Country Programme mid-term review at Hotel Africana yesterday.
He said they would also post full-time staff to Gulu and Kitgum districts by January next year.
He said the new staff would strengthen liaison with the local actors in ensuring rapid response to the humanitarian crisis created by the 17-year Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) insurgency.
“In addition, Unicef is posting a specialist on child protection for the next three months starting Monday in Soroti to address concerns in north eastern Uganda and to work with the authorities and NGOs,†Mogwanja said.
Mogwanja said the $1m emergency assistance announced in New York would go towards the drilling of boreholes in Internally Displaced People’s camps (IDPs), the purchase of essential drug kits, the construction of temporary learning centres, pit latrines and shelter for the estimated 15,000 children who trek to towns every evening to sleep on verandas.
Mogwanja condemned the brutal war led by Joseph Kony, which has displaced up to 1.4 million people in the north and north-east.
The Minister of Finance Minister and Economic Planning, Gerald Sendaula said the conflict had continued to disrupt government programmes in the north and northeast.