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Nearly 30,000 internally displaced persons (IDPs) have started receiving WFP food aid in the town of Mile 91, some 116 km east of Freetown, a UN humanitarian source told IRIN on Tuesday.
Another 17,000 IDPs have been registered in the surrounding area and the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs estimates that another 10,000 are awaiting registration.
The humanitarian officer said “the most immediate need” now was for shelter because there was no IDP camp. “People have been occupying public buildings where conditions are poor, especially during the rains,” the official said.
Humanitarian agencies are making plans to accommodate these people, many of whom have come from Makeni, Magburaka and Lunsar. They are served by two health clinics operated by Caritas and MSF Netherlands, the UN official said, and a MSF mobile clinic is expected to be operational in the area this week.
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