wfn.org | Ugandan Government Praises ADRA For Relief Assistance

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June 13, 1999
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Ugandan Government Praises ADRA For Prompt Relief 
Assistance
 
Kampala, Uganda.  Wadri Kassiano, a Principal Rehabilitation 
Officer, represented the Ugandan government in a recent 
ceremony commending the Adventist Development and 
Relief Agency (ADRA) for their timely assistance of 20 
destitutes who were recently taken from Gulu to Kampala by 
Major Kakooza Mutale, the Presidential Advisor on Political 
Affairs. Major Mutale feared the destitutes might be killed by 
a rebel collaborator who recently killed their relatives.
 
After being brought the 372 miles (600 kilometers) to 
Kampala, the 17 children, two breast-feeding mothers and 
one school-aged boy were taken to the Human Rights 
Commission Offices and later handed over to the Naguru 
Reception Center and Remand Home.
 
After being approached by the Ministry of Gender, Labour 
and Social Development about the plight of the people, Dr. 
Solomon Wakabi, ADRA Uganda programs director, and 
Booker Ajuoga, ADRA Uganda public relations officer, 
donated and delivered relief items to the victims, including 
emergency household items and foodstuffs such as beans, 
maize meal, sugar, salt, cooking oil, basins and utensils.
 
On the same day, ADRA Uganda officers provided food 
assistance to 40 street children under the care of the Rubaga 
Youth Development Association Vocational Skills Training 
Center in Kampala. This followed the center's administrative 
request through the Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social 
Development for emergency food relief due to acute food 
shortage.
 
Another recent relief operation by ADRA Uganda includes the 
distribution of five bales of clothing and blankets to Luzira 
prisoners. ADRA Uganda is a member of National Disaster 
Preparedness team in Uganda, recognized for providing relief 
to survivors of natural and manmade disasters.
 
ADRA, formed in 1956, is an independent, humanitarian 
agency established with the specific purpose of individual 
and community development and disaster relief. As an 
international nongovernmental organization (NGO), ADRA 
helps people without regard to age, ethnicity, or political or 
religious association. Additional information about ADRA can 
be found on its web page at www.adra.org.