Hello Joseph! Thank you for your thoughtfullness. I sincerely wish you and your family the same. Happy Hollidays! Happy New Year as well! Assumpta Mary Kintu --- [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: > Fellow Citizens: > > If this so called British charity is intended to > somehow hoodwink citizens of > Uganda to forgive British sins (in collaboration > with Museveni) against the > people of Uganda, take it from me, fellow citizen, > it is a fatal useless > attempt which will not change the Psychic or rather > attitudes of Ugandans > against the Brits...in any case what is 3B shillings > going to do? > > Matek > > > > Matek > > > UK Gives Northern Uganda sh3b > > > > Email This Page > > Print This Page > > > > > > New Vision (Kampala) > > December 21, 2002 > Posted to the web December 23, 2002 > > John Eremu and Anne Mugisa > Kampala > > The British government has given an additional > sh3.1b in aid of the > internally-displaced people in northern Uganda, as > the World Food Programme > (WFP) expressed great concern about the > deteriorating security situation > there. > > The aid is meant to support the work of the World > Food Programme, the United > Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) and the Uganda Red > Cross Society, the > British High Commission said in a statement > yesterday. > > Some 800,000 people are displaced in the area and > are in need of food > assistance. > > LRA chief Joseph Kony has fought the Government for > about 16 years. Kony has > bases in southern Sudan where the UPDF has been > pursuing him. > > This is an increase from 520,000 people identified > last month in need of food > relief, a statement from the WFP said. > > It said the displaced people in the camps in Gulu, > Kitgum and Pader, > continued to be terrorised by rebels. > > "The money will be used to supply relief items to > the displaced people, to > support social services and to purchase food within > Uganda for distribution > to those in need," the statement said. > > The new commitment is in addition to sh1.27b already > spent by the British > government this financial year to support provision > of non-food items and > child welfare services to internally displaced > people. The money was > channelled through UNICEF and Save the Children, > Denmark. > > The WFP said the insecurity had prevented people > from accessing their fields > and that there had been abductions in and around the > camps as the people went > out to look for food and firewood. > > The WFP said a random check on 10 households > revealed that there were no food > reserves except for the WFP aid they had just > received. > > The organisation said insecurity was also hampering > efforts by humanitarian > bodies to access the people. Only WFP reaches them > under heavy military > escort. > > WFP also said it was facing a shortfall of 44,064 > tonnes of food commodities > valued at US$24m, from December to June 2003. > > Britain, through its Department for International > Development (DfID), is one > of Uganda's biggest donors and has since 2000 > committed sh5.6b for conflict > resolution programmes including support to the > Amnesty Commission. > > DfID promotes poverty reduction in developing > countries and will this > financial year spend up to £75m (sh222b) towards > such programmes in Uganda. > > Its contribution to Uganda's development comes > through direct budget support > and technical assistance towards the government > Poverty Eradication Action > Plan (PEAP). > >
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