UN office to channel aid to Poso residents

UN office to channel aid to Poso residents

POSO, Central Sulawesi: The United Nations Office for the
Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UN-OCHA) has said it will
donate Rp 940 million (US$ 98,947) to finance psychosocial
training and health service programs in 12 subdistricts in the
ravaged province of Poso.

The funds will be channeled through the International Medical
Corps, to carry out several programs, such as mobile clinical
health services, said Kevin O'Reily, the head of UN-OCHA's
Central Sulawesi office, in a press release made available on
Monday.

The programs are aimed to help ease the trauma of victims of
sectarian clashes in the province, following the conflict in 2000
in which some 2,000 people were killed. -- JP