on the Mugunga III camp. About 75,000 more are staying at other sites, while countless numbers of others are living at spontaneous sites or with host communities.
Edwards said the recent attack highlights the need for greater protection at sites for internally displaced men and women. He said there also needs to be improved humanitarian access so people can get better care.
The U.N. Children s Fund agrees with this assessment. It claims a survey of internally displaced families in Goma and along the Sake axis finds they lack the most basic non-food items. UNICEF spokeswoman Marixie Mercado said most families have no fuel cans, no mosquito nets, no sleeping materials, no cooking utensils, or extra clothes.
Multiple concerns
Despite these acute needs, plans for a massive blanket distribution of a basic non-food item kit to an estimated 30,000 families in all the camps have been put on hold due to the PLCC-32P risk of systematic looting of the kind that was seen in Mugunga III on Saturday, said Mercado. We have 12 circumstances of sexual-assault survivors from Mugunga III camp, including three girls who have been provided with treatment and care by UNICEF s partner Hope in Action. And Mugunga hospital now has recorded 72 situations of rape.
Mercado said that more than 650 unaccompanied minors have been identified, but so far only 14 children have been reunited with their families. She said at least four situations of measles are confirmed among IDPs and UNICEF is concerned about a rise inside the number of cholera cases.
She said UNICEF and partners are planning a measles and polio vaccination campaign that will begin inside the camps near Goma in the coming days.
Comment Sorting Comment VAG OBD2 16PIN TO DB9 cable on this forum (1) Comments by: David from: Washington December 04, 2012 2:42 PM Report Comment Reply UN does a good job but it is temporary solution. This country had done 15 years of World War, it needs PLAN MARCHAL which it consist to build rail road pipeline connected Goma, Katanga, Mbuji-Mayi,
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