Congo-Kinshasa: UN Launches Massive Clothing Distribution to Congolese Refugees Ahead of Rainy Season

7 November 2006

The United Nations refugee agency has launched a widespread clothing distribution operation to help over 50,000 camp dwellers prepare for the coming rainy season in the Ituri region of the strife-torn Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).

"The distribution of the clothes is addressing one of the most pressing humanitarian needs of the internally displaced population," UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) DRC representative Eusebe Hounsokou said today.

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