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Fri, 19 Jul, 2013 03:35:15 AM FTimes-STT Report, July 19  Refugees from eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) wait on July 13, 2013 at the Busunga border in western Uganda. More than 30,000 refugees from the eastern DRC have crossed the border into western Uganda's Bundibugyo district, about 430 kms from Kampala, after rebels from a Ugandan-led rebel group, the Allied Democratic Forces (ADF), attacked on July 11 the town of Kamango in the northernmost part of North Kivu province. Photo - AFP / Lehtikuva. The Finland government on Thursday granted EUR 70,000 humanitarian assistance for the refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo in Uganda, said an official press release.
The decision was taken in a meeting of the ministry of foreign affairs with the Minister for International Development, Heidi Hautala in the chair.
The assistance will be distributed through the Finnish development cooperation organization, Fida International.
The new package follows up on Finland's earlier humanitarian assistance in the African Great Lakes region. Recurring humanitarian crises mean that there are now almost half a million DRC refugees in the region, and the number of displaced persons is estimated at 2.6 million.
Minister for International Development, Heidi Hautala. Photo - Lehtikuva. The most recent wave of refugees from the Democratic Republic of the Congo to Uganda started on 11 July when a group of rebels called Allied Democratic Front attacked the eastern Congolese town of Kamango.
In the past week alone the attack and the resulting violence has forced some 66,000 people to flee across the border into western Uganda.
Fida International is supporting the efforts of the Ugandan government and UN aid organisations to meet the immediate humanitarian needs of the newly arrived refugees.
Finnish funding will be used to acquire blankets and sleeping pads. In 2013 the Ministry for Foreign Affairs has granted a total of EUR 980,000 to support the humanitarian efforts of Fida International to alleviate the needs caused by the Congolese crisis. More News
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