Humanitarian Assistance and International Protection for Sahrawi Refugees in Tindouf, Algeria



Contract partner: UNHCR - United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees Country: Nördlich der Sahara, regional/länderübergreifend Funding amount: € 170.000,00 Project start: 01.01.2009 End: 31.12.2009

Short Description:

Overall goal


UNHCR's role in southern Algeria is to provide international protection and multi-sectoral

care and maintenance assistance for some 125,000 Sahrawis living in refugee camps in

Tindouf. In this context, it is the overall objective of this project to improve the living conditions of

Sahrawi refugees through activities in the Health and Shelter sectors.


With the donation of the Austrian Development Cooperation, UNHCR intends to support health and nutrition activities in all four camps (Awserd, Dakhla L'aayoune and Smara) and to provide some 150 tents for the most needy refugee families residing there who urgently need to upgrade or replace their tents. The health and nutrition activities comprise support to a nursing school, support of the Supplementary Feeding Programme and Support to the Sahrawi MoH in the camps.


The Austrian contribution contributes to the UNHCR's annual program in the Tindouf camps.

project number 2583-00/2009
source of funding OEZA
sector Humanitäre Hilfe: Sofortmaßnahmen
tied
modality
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    • 1= policy is a significant objective of the activity
    • 2= policy is the principal objective of the activity
  • Donor/ source of funding: The ADA is not only implementing projects and programmes of the Austrian Development Cooperation , but also projects funded from other sources and donors such as
    • AKF - Foreign Disaster Fund of the Austrian federal government
    • BMLFUW - Federal Ministry for Agriculture, Forestry, Environment and Water
    • EU - Funds of the European Commission
    • Others - various other donors are listed in ADA’s annual business report.
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