Brussels, 09/10/2001 (Agence Europe) - On Tuesday, the European Commission adopted a global plan worth EUR 5.1 million for victims of the continuing humanitarian crisis in Guinea, Sierra Leone and Liberia, all three directly hit by the civil war in Sierra Leone over the past 12 years. The situation in Sierra Leone has stabilised recently but many people in the region are still displaced and need humanitarian assistance.
The aid for Guinea (covering health, water/sanitation, shelter and non-food items) will be for 200,000 refugees and 30,000 displaced persons. The Sierra Leone, the focus is on covering the basic needs of up to 80,000 former refugees who have returned to their countries but not yet to their home areas. Facilities being made available to the returnees - health care, water supplies, sanitation and education - will also be extended to those already living there.