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Finding ways to overcome hurdles to relief work

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    Humanitarian officials took part in a logistic workshop on 15-16 May in Gueckedou, near the border with Sierra Leone, to find solutions for the problems affecting relief work in Guinea, the World Food Programme (WFP) reported.

    The recommendations from the workshop include increasing storage capacity at distribution points, opening additional distribution points in the large camps along the Gueckedou-Kissidougou highway and reorganising camps to reduce their number, the WFP said in its latest update.

    The relief operation covers 450,000 Liberian and Sierra Leonean refugees.

    A committee consisting of representatives from United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR), WFP and other partners was formed to oversee the implementation of the recommendations, WFP said.

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