Guinea continues to host refugees from Liberia, Sierra Leone and now Ivory Coast. For more than a decade it has hosted hundreds of thousands of refugees from Liberia and Sierra Leone. The refugees from Sierra Leone are being repatriated gradually as there is a positive momentum of peace building and reconciliation in Sierra Leone. For the Liberian refugees, the situation looks less hopeful. Since the beginning of 2002, Liberians continue to arrive in Guinea fleeing the ongoing fighting between the government soldiers and the rebels in Northwestern Liberia. By the end of 2002, over 40,000 new Liberian refugees had been registered in Guinea. The current crisis in neighbouring Ivory Coast is resulting in even more refugees fleeing into Guinea.

The Lutheran World Federation / World Service (LWF/WS) has been the main partner of the United Nations Higher Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) in providing services to the refugees living in the camps. In this appeal, LWF/WS proposes assisting 57,000 refugees through camp management, Mental Health Care, food and non food items distribution, agriculture and income generating activities along with other social services that the refugees require. In addition to assisting refugees, LWF/WS also propose assisting over 5,000 Guineans living in refugee impacted areas. It should be pointed out that due to the financial constraints UNHCR is facing in running refugee programs, the demand on its implementing partners to increase their contributions to programs is growing.

Project Completion Date:

31 December 2003

Total Appeal Target(s): 944,026

Less: Pledges/Contr. Recd.: 72,000

Balance Requested from ACT Network: 872,026

Signed by:
Thor-Arne Prois, ACT Director
Elizabeth Ferris, Co-ordinator, Diakonia & Solidarity, World Council of Churches
Robert Granke, Director, Department for World Service, Lutheran World Federation

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