Published by Slideshows UNICEF ambassador Mia Farrow visits the DRC, Dec. 2008 On 11 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow (second from right) joins children and other displaced people outside a MONUC peacekeeping base near the town of Kiwanja, north of Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. MONUC is the United Nations Organization Mission in the country. Nearly 5,000 people sought shelter near the base after the town was attacked several weeks ago; tens of thousands of others fled the area, including across the border into Uganda. UNICEF recently distributed 90,000 hygiene kits in the area. On 11 December, a child greets UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow outside a MONUC peacekeeping base near the town of Kiwanja, north of Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. MONUC is the United Nations Organization Mission in the country. Nearly 5,000 people sought shelter near the base after the town was attacked several weeks ago; tens of thousands of others fled the area, including across the border into Uganda. UNICEF recently distributed 90,000 hygiene kits in the area. On 11 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow speaks with a camp leader, accompanied by children, outside a MONUC peacekeeping base near the town of Kiwanja, north of Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. MONUC is the United Nations Organization Mission in the country. Nearly 5,000 people sought shelter near the base after the town was attacked several weeks ago; tens of thousands of others fled the area, including across the border into Uganda. UNICEF recently distributed 90,000 hygiene kits in the area. On 11 December, (left-right) UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow, UNICEF Communication Specialist Jaya Murthy and another man listen as a woman talks about soldiers raping women in her village, at a therapeutic feeding centre in the town of Kayna in North Kivu Province. The centre was treating more than 100 children, who fled with others when it was attacked, then looted by government troops several weeks ago. Murthy and Farrow brought high-energy biscuits and therapeutic milk to the center, which will be re-distributed to functioning health facilities in the area. On 11 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow helps an aid worker unload high-energy biscuits and therapeutic milk from a van, at a therapeutic feeding centre in the town of Kayna in North Kivu Province. The centre was treating more than 100 children, who fled with others when it was attacked, then looted by government troops several weeks ago. The supplies will be re-distributed to functioning health facilities in the area. On 11 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow sits in an empty ward at a therapeutic feeding centre in the town of Kayna in North Kivu Province. The centre was treating more than 100 children, who fled with others when it was attacked, then looted by government troops several weeks ago. Only anti-malarial mosquito nets and cots remain. UNICEF brought high-energy biscuits and therapeutic milk to the centre which will be re-distributed to functioning health facilities in the area. On 11 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow greets children and others on her arrival in the town of Kanyabayonga in North Kivu Province. Residents fled to the forest when the town was attacked and looted by armed groups three weeks before. Only half of the residents have returned. On 11 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow speaks with children in the town of Kanyabayonga in North Kivu Province. Residents fled to the forest when the town was attacked and looted by armed groups three weeks before. Only half of the residents have returned. A peacekeeper from MONUC (the United Nations Organization Mission in the DRC) is behind them. On 12 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow greets children in a Kibati camp for the displaced, near Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. On 12 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow gives a child a dose of vitamin A, to helps boost immunity, during a UNICEF-sponsored immunization at the Majengo health centre in Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. On 12 December, UNICEF Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow visits a class at Mboga Primary School in the town of Kibati, near Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. The school served for two months as a shelter for people displaced by the fighting. Classes resumed on 1 December. On 12 December, six-year-old Zach is being treated for severe malnutrition, at the therapeutic feeding centre at Virunga Hospital in Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. Zach has gained two kilograms since arriving at the UNICEF-assisted centre, which is run by the NGO International Medical Corps. However, he still only weighs 10 kilograms. UNICEF supports more than 145 therapeutic and supplementary feeding centers providing nutrition assistance, including medicine and nutritional supplies, for thousands of malnourished children in North Kivu Province. On 12 December, a girl stands in a Kibati camp for the displaced, near Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. On 12 December, a woman sits on a rock in a Kibati camp for the displaced, near Goma, capital of North Kivu Province. of Post a Comment