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Psychosocial Problems in Somalia (August 2002)

[South Africa] A children's organisation in KwaZulu-Natal (KZN) plans to build an Aids orphan village to take the burden off grannies, who are frequently the main caretakers of an ever-growing number of parentless children. IRIN
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    JOHANNESBURG
    The United Nations Development Programme, UNDP, is preparing to integrate support for psychosocial projects into its Civil Protection Programme for Somalia. A UNDP preliminary survey showed that up to 50% of communities in Somaliland were affected by symptoms of post-conflict stress.

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