Samuel O. Egadu
18 October 2007
Gulu — A Japanese NGO has donated drugs worth U$5,000 to support the formerly Lord Resistance Army abducted children in northern Uganda.
The coordinator Africa Reconciliation Committee, Japan (ARC), Mr Kosuke Okahara on Monday handed over various assortment of drugs to the programme director, United Youth Action for Progress (Uyap), Gulu, Emanuel Mwaka Lutukumoi in Gulu.
The drugs that include anti malarial, anti biotic anti fungi and other related diseases will be distributed to the child rehabilitation, vocational centers and mobile clinics in villages where internally displaced persons have returned home in Gulu and Amuru districts.
"We shall make more donations to help the displaced persons who are now returning home. ARC is concerned about the plight of the children and people in northern Uganda," Mr Okahara said at the hand over ceremony.
"Today's support targets the formerly abducted child soldiers who have been entangled in the northern conflict," he said. African Reconciliation Committee (ARC) also supports the victims of the Rwandan Genocide.
Mr Lutukumoi said UYAP established the mobile clinics in a bid to help the returning IDPs to access health services easily and supplement the district health programmes in IDP camps.
"UYAP operates in areas where there is dire need. Through our mobile clinic, we have been able to offer various health services to IDPs. We have also educated the public on HIV and hygiene in Camps,"Mr Lutukumoi said.
He said UYAP recently had several lectures in Japan highlighting the plight of the children. He said through such leactures they learnt several things that will also be worth sharing with Ugandans.
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