ACT Appeal

Guinea - AFGN61

Geneva, 9 March 2006

In a region that has been characterized by political turmoil and civil war for the past decade, Guinea has proven to be a country of relative stability. It has, at some point or another, welcomed and sheltered refugees from Ivory Coast, Sierra Leone and Liberia. Ivory Coast is the only neighboring country that is currently facing internal unrest and strife.

The camps of the N’Zerekore area (Kola, Laine, Kouankan I, and Kouankan II) in Guinea are sheltering approximately 43,000 individuals at present. There are about 39,500 Liberian and some 3,500 Ivorians were recently relocated in Kouankan II. With the facilitated repatriation initiated since October 2004, 22,000 Liberian refugees have returned to their country of origin. And with the successful presidential and legislative elections held in October and November 2005, the repatriation of Liberian refugees from Guinea is expected to gain momentum from 2006 owing to the seeming peace restoration in the country. On the contrary, the political conditions in the Ivory Coast still remain extremely fragile and unpredictable.

ACT member, the Lutheran World Federation (LWF/WS) is undertaking refugee assistance in these camps as UNHCR partner. In this appeal they are requesting support from the ACT Alliance to continue providing support to the Liberian and Ivorian refugees in these camps in the areas of mental health care, child protection, education and agriculture.

Project completion date: 31 December 2006

Summary of Appeal Targets, Pledges/Contributions Received and Balance Requested (in US$)

Total Appeal Target(s): 345,435
Less: Pledges/contributions Received: 0
Balance requested from ACT alliance: US$345,435

Signed by:

Jenny Borden
Interim Director, ACT Co-ordinating Office

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