Informes

The International Federation's Disaster Relief Emergency Fund (DREF) is a source of un-earmarked money created by the Federation in 1985 to ensure that immediate financial support is available for Red Cross and Red Crescent response to emergencies. The DREF is…

Activities and Updates Humanitarian Reform/Clusters workshop: Earliest development The workshop held on 24-25 September confirmed the interest of UN agencies and others Humanitarian partners (several international NGOs) to formalize the cluster arrangements, in particular regarding early recovery, nutrition, and possibly logistics. It stressed…

Activities and Updates Assistance to Burundians expelled from Tanzania The Government project for the reintegration of waraffected persons (PARESI) registered 202 Burundians (62 families) expelled from Tanzania who arrived through the entry points of Gisuru / Ruyigi Province 11 persons (9 families),…

Activities and Updates UNDAF Retreat Gitega is hosting UNDAF retreat which started on Tuesday, 28 October and will end on Friday, 31 October 2008. The retreat aimed at determining strategic objectives of the partnership between the United Nations and the…

Activities and Updates Coordination/Contact Group meeting At Contact Group meeting held on September 17th, participants were briefed on UNHCR Repatriation Programme and the presentation of the Villagisation approach. The UNHCR gave an overview on the repatriation planning for 2008 and 2009. Ninety…

Le Fonds des Nations Unies pour l'Enfance (UNICEF) a remis mardi des équipements au ministère de l'Information, de la Communication et des Relations avec le parlement. Au total, quatre téléviseurs ont été remis dont un pour le cabinet du…

This report covers the period 01/01/2008 to 30/06/2008. In brief Programme purpose: The Red Cross Societies of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda are leading Indigenous humanitarian actors in their countries. In the 2008-2009 appeal, the National Societies are seeking international support…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Repatriation of Burundian refugees During the reporting period, 2,803 Burundian refugees returned to Burundi. Three convoys with 1,214 persons (1972 old refugee settlement) and 2 convoys with 1,269 persons (from Mtabila) entered through Makamba, 1 convoy with 312…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Interagency missions An interagency mission visited the Makamba province. The main objective of the mission was to assess the situation of repatriates from Tanzania, including repatriated refugees and Burundians expelled from Tanzania. There are in the area visited…

ACTIVITIES AND UPDATES Assistance to Burundians expelled from Tanzania The Government project for the reintegration of war-affected persons (PARESI) registered 33 Burun-dians (20 families) expelled from Tanzania who arrived through the entry points of Gisuru/Ruyigi Prov-ince. Since 01 January, 4,035 expelled persons…