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Red Cross to supply 125,000 with household basics

    NAIROBI
    Some 125,000 people are to benefit over the next three months from the distribution of food and household goods such as soap, blankets and jerrycans as part of a Red Cross rehabilitation programme, the International Federation of Red Cross and Red Crescent Societies (IFRC) said on Wednesday. In a statement received by IRIN, IFRC said funding for the items will be provided by the European Community Humanitarian Office (ECHO). The IFRC is also to provide nails, windows and tools to help resettle returning refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) in the country. In addition to returning refugees, Burundi has some 500,000 IDPs in need of assistance, the statement added.

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