19.09.2002 - Source: American University of Cairo - Forced Migration and Refugee Studies

International Rescue Committee (IRC) ("Report on the Situation of IDPs and Refugees in Northern Sudan: Findings of an exploratory study September 2002 (by Gina Bekker)") [#12484],  [ID 13102]

"IRC, operational in Sudan since 1981, works in the sectors of PHC, RH, Water and
Sanitation, Women in Development, Gender and Capacity Building. These activities provide
emergency and long- term assistance to IDPs and other war-affected populations in the IDP
camps and Squatter areas of Khartoum,Bahr Algazal State, Upper Nile State and Kassala
State. Plans exist to expand into South Kordofan State and Equatoria. In 1999 and 2000 IRC
provided emergency assistance to victims of civil conflict in Blue Nile State and to Eritrean
refugees in Kassala State. IRC has developed pilot programmes in Human Rights, Peace-
Building, Conflict Prevention and Sexual Gender-Based Violence, which momentarily are in
process of being tested and mainstreamed in on going programmes.
OLS southern sector: IRC implements health and water programmes in Upper Nile, Bahr Al
Ghazal, and Lakes areas. IRC helps local communities gain access to basic and essential PHC
services by supporting primary health care units and centres. IRC also trains and supports
traditional birth attendants and local EPI teams. IRC implements small-scale, communitybased
water and sanitation programmes."

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