23.11.2003 - Source: ReliefWeb

4 Sudanese nationals working for the Swiss-based group Medair released by kidnappers ("Kidnappers free Swiss-based relief group workers: Medair (AFP)") [#17778],  [ID 13104]

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

Medair ("Report on the Situation of IDPs and Refugees in Northern Sudan: Findings of an exploratory study September 2002 (by Gina Bekker)") [#12484],  [ID 13105]

"MEDAIR is a relief and rehabilitation humanitarian organisation dedicated to assisting in
crisis situations in order to alleviate the suffering of people caught up in both wars and or
natural disasters. Established in 1988 as a Swiss registered NGO, MEDAIR is a signatory to
the "Code of Conduct for the International Red Cross and Red Crescent Movement and
NGO’s in Disaster Relief". MEDAIR began operating in the OLS southern sector in 1995 and
became operational in the northern sector from February 2000. MEDAIR attempts to identify
a people group or region that is particularly hit by a crisis and meet the needs of this
community by providing appropriate aid. This may be in the area of health,
water, sanitation, reconstruction, rehabilitation, household and food security, or other
appropriate needs, helping the affected group re-establish a more sustainable way of life. The
programme MEDAIR is currently running in the northern sector, Khartoum State, is a PHC
Project in Omdurman el Salaam Camp for the Internally Displaced. During 2001 MEDAIR
plans to expand its capacity to respond to other emergency situations which may occur in
Sudan.
OLS southern sector: Medair operates health, nutrition, water and sanitation, household food
security and education programmes in Upper Nile, Lakes and Jonglei regions. The agency
provides health services including primary health care centres and units, kala azar control,
EPI as well as training of community health workers."

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