World Relief has begun a six-month formal technical training programme for 100 ex-fighters and other war-affected people in the Kaffu Bullom Chiefdom, OCHA reported. Participants are being trained in carpentry, masonry, plumbing and electrical installation. World Relief is also providing material support for 930 other former fighters undergoing a similar six-month vocational skills training and job-placement programme in Port Loko and Lungi.
The NGO said the trainees were progressing well, "despite the fact that they have not received their stipend from the NCDDR". Meanwhile, UNICEF reported that on 16 March there were 289 children in its interim care centres. It said 85 percent of them were male. Nearly half were demobilised combatants. Most of the others were unaccompanied children returning from Guinea.
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