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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.
»çÁø¼³¸í : Photo Caption: Shui-Meng,
Representative, UNICEF, Timor-Leste with Lidia Octavia
(mother of two day old baby) UNOTIL camp, Dili* Photo Credits:
©UNICEF/Robert Johnson
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