The United Nations Children’s Fund warns it may not be able to provide humanitarian support to South Sudanese refugees living in Uganda if its $36 million dollar appeal is not met. UNICEF’S chief of communications in Uganda made the remarks after receiving a donation of one million Euros – just over a million dollars – from The European Commission’s Humanitarian Aid division. CCTV’S Isabel Nakirya filed this report.
Highlights:
- About 144,000 South Sudanese refugees live in camps in northern Uganda. Of these 65 percent are children.
- The one million euro contribution will partly be used in health programs to tackle nutrition, immunization and water and sanitation issues. However not all children will benefit.
- Uganda is home to over 400,000 refugees, mostly South Sudanese and Congolese.