Uganda
Humanitarian Aid

WER is providing humanitarian aid to people in northern Uganda who have suffered enormously at the hands of rebel activity. Working with All Nations Christian Care (ANCC) and World Response, WER has helped to distribute tents, supplementary food and vital medical supplies to families living in IDP (Internally Displaced Persons) camps and surrounding villages.

Goods including soap, food and clothes have been distributed to hundreds of families in Lira district in northern Uganda. A single bar of soap costs approximately half a day’s wages for someone who has been able to find temporary work and is, consequently, an unaffordable luxury for the majority of people living in the camps. Access to water is also a serious problem in the camps – almost 40 percent of children living in the camps suffer from skin diseases because of a lack of water for bathing.

WER has also shipped hundreds of pairs of sandals for distribution to children in IDP camps and local secondary schools in Lira. For many of the children, these sandals are the first pair of shoes that they had ever had. The project co-ordinator commented,

“Sandals for children are a luxury. The cost is three days wages for those that can earn a little something and the parents from the camps must buy everything to survive, especially food.”