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2006-06-01 14:45

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서울--(뉴스와이어)--Where hope and despair go hand in hand! IDP Camps in Timor bear new life!

30th May, Dili - While thousands of Timorese continue living in extremely unsanitary conditions in over crowded camps, help was reaching for the first time by way of food from government warehouses to these spots. As the Australian army started taking strategic positions in Dili, the security situation improved considerably and food started reaching hundreds of hungry Timorese.

Many of these camps also saw the birth of babies with families using makeshift arrangements and taking the help of informal mid wives in the deliveries. "Help has to reach these camps immediately. And not just food and water. Babies are being born in these camps under conditions which are unsuitable. They and their mothers need looking after. We need to take care of preventive health care needs of these people", says Shui-Meng, UNICEF representative.” Three babies were born over the last three days in the camp opposite the UN Compound. Thankfully the mid wife from the national hospital was on hand. She was also a refugee in the camp along with 3000 others.

A team from UNICEF visited nine out of an estimated 35 camps in the city to assess the situation and reach relief by way of clean water and provision of dry latrines. The condition in at least three of the larger camps was very precarious where people were staying overnight rather than returning to their homes during the day. Some of their houses have burnt down completely or looted over the last few days. These camps have overflowing toilets, stagnant water and piling garbage. There are an estimated 70,000 residing in camps in Dili alone and another 45,000 who have moved to the districts.

While UNICEF’s aid for reaching water and sanitation supplies to these camps has recommenced, more support is required for procuring basic family water kits, tarpaulin, water tanks, field water testing kits, squatting plates for latrines. UNICEF hygiene promotion volunteers will support the camps with organizing in-camp teams for cleaning the garbage, keeping the toilets clean and regulating the water supply. With the security situation improving, there is hope that these activities will commence soon.

UNICEF, is a critical member of the Inter-agency Humanitarian Assistance group comprised of the following agencies, led by the Ministry of Labour and Reinsertion, Government of Timor-Leste; WHO, UNICEF, IOM, UNDP, UNFPA, WFP, International Red Cross, Cruz Vermelha De Timor-Leste (National Red Cross), Oxfam Australia, Plan international, Health net, Red Cross and Care International, Catholic Relief Services, Caritas Australia. UNICEF has been actively providing support since early May, ever since the exodus of IDPs started into these camps.

유니세프한국위원회 개요
유니세프한국위원회는 한국에서 유니세프를 대표하는 기관(비영리법인)으로서 한국위원회의 주된 임무는 세계 어린이를 위해 국내에서 세계 어린이 현황과 유니세프 활동을 널리 알려 어린이돕기 기금을 조성하는 것입니다. 또한, 아동의 권리 홍보 및 모유수유 권장, 세계교육 등의 사업을 통해 어린이 권리를 신장하는 활동도 함께 펼쳐 나갑니다. 유니세프한국위원회가 국내에서 펼치는 모든 활동은 유니세프가 전세계적으로 펼치고 있는 어린이 구호활동을 지지하기 위한 것입니다.

웹사이트: http://www.unicef.or.kr