AID grant no. AOT-1002-G-00-3157-00 to the American Friends of Action Internationale Contra la Faim (AF/AICF) in support of its application, entitled `Emergency and rehabilitation program : medical, nutrition, water and sanitation" [for displaced people in Eastern Sierra Leone], dated July 20, 1993

Grant funds will be used to meet the acute needs of 122,000 people in Kenema and Kailahn districts and initiate an emergency program in eastern Pujehun district. Specifically, AF/AICF will: (1) assess and meet the nutritional and medical needs of the most vulnerable among the target population; (2) operate six supplementary feeding centers and two therapeutic feeding centers for children under 5 and lactating and pregnant women in Segwema and Zimmi; (3) supply clinics with drugs and medical equipment; (4) support an Expanded Program of Immunization in rehabilitated areas; (5) rehabilitate water and sanitation facilities and construct new ones where necessary; (6) provide basic resettlement items and seeds and tools; (7) rehabilitate 12-15 basic health units (maternity units and dispensaries) and the regional clinic in Zimmi; (8) improve sanitation facilities (water supply points and latrines) or build new ones in camps and villages; (9) provide 4-6 wells -- possibly in the Tunkia area, where 8 villages without a water supply have been identified; (10) provide 2 wells in displacement camps where most needed; (11) build 250 double latrines in villages and camps; and (12) provide camps and villages with essential hygiene and health education services and train local staff in water and sanitation.