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WFP inter-agency mission to Kenema District

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    A one-day inter-agency mission to assess the humanitarian needs and food security status of internally displaced persons (IDPs) was carried out on 30 October in eastern Sierra Leone, according to a WFP emergency report.

    The WFP-led mission, which included the Methodist Church of Sierra Leone (MCSL) and the Agricultural Production Extension and General Services (APEGS), visited the Kandu Leppiama and Sambura chiefdoms in Kenema District. The mission reported that the food security situation in the two chiefdoms was good as the rice harvest had begun, WFP said.

    The team said that 38 percent of IDPs had voluntarily returned home and some 12,000, mainly from Kono District, were registered in the area and were receiving assistance.

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