Highlights
· An additional child friendly space in Selbo, a village at 10 kms from Dori was inaugurated on 12 March 2014. This is for 197 children for the host community (121 boys and 76 girls) close to Goudebou refugee camp, bringing to 928 the total number of children benefitting from recreational activities and peaceful coexistence with refugee children.
· As part of a cholera prevention project, 18,379 people were sensitized (9,185 women, 5,062 children and 4,132 men) on how to protect themselves against cholera and on the use of hygiene kits. Hygiene kits were also distributed to 9,500 households in 21 host villages where UNICEF is currently rehabilitating 39 existing water points.
· From January to February 2014, UNICEF support continued to provide access to quality education for 12,263 children and adolescents in the refugee camps and surrounding host communities. As the number of refugees drops and with the interruption of the school feeding programme by WFP for lack of funds meaning that many parents have chosen to keep their children at home, there is a reduction in the number of children reached.
· The results of the biometric registration of refugees by UNHCR became available at the end of February. They confirm that the total number of refugees is 32,170, of which 22,605 are in the three refugee camps (Goudebou, Mentao and Sag-nioniogo).
· These results also confirm that out of a total of 19,174 children, 1,398 (659 boys and 739 girls) are separated (in the camps) and 4 children (3 girls and 1 boy) are unaccompanied (not in the camps). Out of these 1,402 children, only 271 children (268 separated and 3 unaccompanied) children are documented on files and being followed up.
