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FEATURE ARTICLES
RESPECT Burundi Announces New Country Coordinator
by Meesa Chungfat
Dieudonné Amisi Mutambala has agreed to take on the responsibility
of country coordinator duties for RESPECT Burundi. He has been the
country coordinator for RESPECT
Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) since March 2003.
And is the Founder and Director of
‘Artists for Humanity (ArtHum)’. He has undertaken a
variety of activities as coordinator including raising awareness
of refugee issues in the DRC and implementing distance education
courses. In addition to working with RESPECT and ArtHum, he has
managed, designed, and carried out institutional activities that
have led him to encounters with diverse groups and structures. He
has worked with the army, human rights advocates, refugees,
warlords, religious leaders, humanitarian organizations, and
militias, among other groups. He is also actively involved in the
InterAgency Network for
Education in Emergencies (INEE). Below are excerpts of an
interview I had, via email, with him.
Burundi
Computer Center At Mohoumou Refugee School Busy
by Sarah Elliot
The computer center at Mohoumou Refugee school, with computers donated by
the Palo Community School in Palo Michigan, USA, is not like any I have ever seen.
It consists of a basic classroom, a generator, six computers, a few Liberian refugee
teachers, freshly trained in Microsoft, and hundreds of eager students. But that
little school is busy.
Mohoumou
PHOTO GALLERY
The drip irrigation agriculture project garden in Ghana blossoms.
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ANNOUNCEMENTS
Priest Helps Refugee Students Receive Mail
RESPECT thanks Father Gaudin for allowing his post office box (PO Box) to be used by refugee
students to receive mail. He is a Belgian priest in charge of the Parish Sainte Anne D'Obili,
Yaounde, Cameroon.
Father Gaudin's PO Box will be used by eight refugee pen pals who have been paired with
eight french high school students, and by six RESPECT University students to receive assignments
for a course in International Law and Human Rights.
Prior to this, RESPECT Cameroon and RESPECT Yaounde Club coordinator Nestor Nyoma was paying a
person with a PO Box 100 franc CFA (approximately $0.19 USD or €0.15 euros) for each piece
of mail received.
AFFILIATES
New Drip Irrigation System Blossoms in Ghana
by Rebecca Schiller
After numerous attempts at a successful irrigation system in Ghana's
Buduburam Refugee Camp, a new drip irrigation system (DIS) has been introduced,
and has been well-received by all who have used it.
DIS was introduced by farmers in the late 1960s. For the system to work, tiny
holes are made along a hose, allowing for small amounts of water to slowly drip
into the soil. Water and agrochemicals (fertilizers, pesticides, etc.) are
distributed directly to the root zones of the plants at rates set specifically
for each type of plant. The DIS requires regular cleaning and the water
source's quality must be carefully monitored.
Irrigation
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