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

Organismo Di Volontariato Per La Cooperazione Internazionale (OVCI) ("Report on the Situation of IDPs and Refugees in Northern Sudan: Findings of an exploratory study September 2002 (by Gina Bekker)") [#12484],  [ID 13109]

"OVCI La Nostra Famiglia (Volonteers’ Organisation for International Cooperation) is a NGO
approved by the Italian Ministry of foreign Affairs and is working in Juba, since 1983 in the
field of health. The name of the project is Usratuna and it is devoted to the rehabilitation of
handicapped children. The beneficiaries of the programme are children with disabilities
caused by neurological, neuromotor, physical and sensorial disabilities. The Centre provides
for detection, diagnosis and programmes for rehabilitation. Working in close connection with
governmental agencies and departments, it develops information activities for the
prophylactics, prevention and early detection of disabilities caused by birth-risk or
subsequent illness (e.g. poliomyelitis, meningitis)."

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