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Wednesday, May 23, 2012

11.05.2012 - local news - by Kamar - More than 200 children united with their families

More than 240 children had been united back with their families after they were separated by the drought that hit Turkana region in year 2011.

Speaking during a four day conference at st Teresa lodwar the senior child protection officer mr David Omuondo has said that they are putting more effort to see that the separated children are back to their society and leaving in harmony.

According to turkana region cordinator mr JowashOginga The project that will be operational until september will see more than 1000 children re-united with their families again.

The project will be conducted by the child welfare department in collaboration with UNICEFto support these children to have safety in their homes.

On the other side the child counsellor madam Alice Ngige said the children will be offered free counselling and they do a complete mediation with their relatives to aviod stigmatisation.

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