Sudan Assitance Bulletin Issue No. 19
Selected news
Office of the UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator for the
Sudan
1 February, 2004
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2. KEY ACTIVITIES [...]
Cross-line Meeting in Nuba Mountains
On the 13th of January, Nuba Mountains Programme for Advancing Conflict Transformation
(NMPACT) conveyed a cross-line meeting with representatives of the Humanitarian
Aid Commission (HAC) – Government of the Sudan and Sudan Relief and Rehabilitation
Commission (SRRC) – Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Nairobi.
The agenda focused on NMPACT coordination mechanism and its outputs (partners
information table) and the extended role of NMPACT in the potential post-conflict
era. All the parties agreed to hold an NMPACT evaluation workshop that will assess
achievements and way forward after a peace agreement is signed.
First Regional Livestock coordination Meeting for SPLA/M controlled areas
of Nuba Mountains and South Kordofan State
FAO in collaboration with NRRDO and SRRC organized the first Regional Livestock
coordination Meeting for SPLM/A controlled areas of Nuba Mountains in Kauda on
22 – 23 January 2004. The meeting was well attended by various stakeholders
and partners (including UN agencies FAO and UNDP) from both western and Eastern
Jebels of the Nuba Mountains). The objectives of the meeting were to review and
identify the main problems facing the livestock sector, identify priority solutions
to the problems and come up with a plan for the livestock sector in the Nuba
Mountains. FAO in collaboration with the Ministry of Agriculture, Animal Resources
and Irrigation of the South Kordofan State organized a similar Coordination Meeting
for South Kordofan State at Kadugli on 18 – 20 January 2004. The objective
of the meeting was to review activities of livestock interventions in the South
Kordofan State, identify gaps and come up with recommendations and a work plan
for 2004. [...]
4. GEOGRAPHICAL NEWS [...]
Nuba Mountains
SCF-US has reported the return of 416 people to the village of Khor Aldalaib,
Rashad County from Khartoum. 118 refugees went on to their home villages in the
SPLM-controlled areas. According to WFP-Kadugli, there were about 23,000 returnees
to the Nuba Mountains in 2003. The WFP food pipeline is able to sustain up to
20,000 additional returnees, and the agency is planning food rations for 76,000
IDPs in the Nuba Mountains. WFP is appealing to all implementing agencies to
submit FFW and FFT proposals, as the coping mechanism and sustainability of interventions
can be greatly improved if rations are used to increase capacity and improve
infrastructure.
5. TRAININGS AND SURVEYS
FAO Training of Community Animal Health Workers
In response to the reported dying of animals in the Eastern Jebels in November
2003, FAO conducted a training of 16 Community Animal Health Workers (CAHWs)
in Kauda/Lwere in full collaboration with NRRDO. This cross-line training in
the SPLA/M areas of the Nuba Mountains took place from to 5 to 17 January 2004.
FAO provided the trainees with veterinary drugs, vaccines and basic veterinary
equipment.
FAO Cross-line Training in Nuba Mountains
FAO in collaboration with NRRDO and SRRC conducted a Community Animal Health
Workers (CAHWs) training course for 16 trainees from Rashad and Kadugli countries
in the Eastern Jebel of Nuba Mountains at Kauda during the period 05 – 18
January 2004. To enable the trained CAHWs to provide veterinary services to their
communities, FAO has provided them with necessary kits UNICEF Teacher Training
in Nuba Mountains UNICEF/OLS completed another stage of the on-going teacher-training
course in the Nuba Mountains. [...]