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Angola Peace Monitor
July 3, 2002The United Nations on 18 June appealed to international donors to fund emergency programmes in Angola over the next six months. The appeal is in response to the humanitarian crisis in Angola, which the UN describes as one of the worst in the world.
The bridging appeal is partly a result of the need to refocus aid to meet changing priorities. Since UNITA leader Jonas Savimbi was killed on 22 February, the Angolan government and UNITA have moved swiftly to end the war. This has opened access to large parts of the country that had previously been a war zone, and has uncovered an estimated half a million people living in a desperate situation. On top of this, there are now over 82,000 former UNITA soldiers with around a quarter of a million family members located at 35 camps around the country.
But the appeal is also a relaunch of the UN Consolidated Inter-Agency Appeal, which has so far met with a poor response from international donors. As of 1 July the international community had met only a third of the appeal's target of $232,768,666. The World Food Programme had only received 41 percent of its requirements of $149,880,740. Interestingly, the WFP had a shortfall of $88,160,808 until the end of the year, but in the revised appeal it is only asking for $71,092,743, despite the UN acknowledging that "the demands for humanitarian assistance will continue to increase".
In its appeal the UN states that a larger percentage of people are displaced in Angola than virtually any other country. At least four million people are highly vulnerable, of whom nearly two million currently depend on some kind of international assistance to survive. The UN estimates that the number of people who will need emergency assistance will climb to three million.
The UN warns that most aid agencies were already working at full capacity at the beginning of the year, and that although major efforts have been made to extend programmes, further expansion is dependent on a significant and rapid increase in funding.
The Angolan government has stated that returning displaced people to their land is a high priority, and donors are being asked to support this plan, that may see 300,000 people going home by the end of the year.
The bridging appeal
A total of $66 million is being sought for food security. The plan is to provide a monthly average of 18,721 tonnes of food assistance to 1.25 million people, along with agricultural inputs, including seeds and tools, for half a million people.
The UN is seeking $3.3 million for nutritional programmes that will, inter alia, provide treatment for 10,000 severely malnourished children, increase support for existing feeding centres and establish an extra 20 supplementary feeding centres to benefit 24,000 moderately malnourished children and pregnant women.
It is to continue with its emergency response efforts to maintain the pipeline of essential non-food items, distribute survival kits, and to help improve transit centres, with a budget of $4.32 million.
It is also seeking $25.47 million for primary health schemes to reduce deaths amongst children under five and pregnant and lactating women.
Schemes to improve the provision of safe water and sanitation are costed at $5.34 million, and educational programmes are budgeted at $5.41 million.
The UN is appealing for $4.2 million to promote the protection of Angolan citizens, which will include supporting birth registration and family tracing programmes. The crucial issue of demining is to be supported with a budget of $2.36 million.
The cost of supporting the resettlement and return programme until the end of the year is put at $5.93 million.
Although there are no plans to organise a return of refugees from neighbouring countries, the UN is preparing to support the spontaneous return of up to 80,000 people, at a cost of $1.91 million.
The UN is also appealing for funds to help with coordination ($5.85 million), security ($2.3 million) and logistics for delivering humanitarian assistance ($9.41 million).
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