Seeking answers for grieving parents in Nigeria
Chibok and the scourge of enforced disappearance
Toyin Ojora-Saraki Founder-President, The Wellbeing Foundation Africa writes in advocacy for missing- enforced disappearance of the Chibok girls of Borno State, and the need for collective action…
See- “As we mark the International Day for Enforced Disappearances this week, the Wellbeing Foundation Africa continues to advocate not only for the secure release of the Chibok girls, but for all access to safe and quality education for children to be protected. We also call for the health and wellbeing of all retrieved girls, and indeed all displaced persons, to be compassionately and appropriately managed by Governments, NGOs and other international organisations who have all committed to protecting the safety, sanctity and dignity of mankind everywhere.
Through the use of public health records, we can monitor and evaluate the health and psychological condition of every released victim of enforced disappearance in Nigeria – not only to ensure they are physically well, but in order to identify needs, and ensure they receive any and all necessary psycho-social support.”
Full report: Source: http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/11833210
Sudan crisis: need for swift humanitarian response, in support of victims [affected persons and agency actors], 2013-2016 update.
Consider this report – “relief operations in the country have been severely affected by violence against aid workers and aid assets, as evidenced by the looting of vital humanitarian warehouses during and after the fighting in capital Juba.”
Aid workers are being affected – “Since December 2013, at least 57 aid workers have been killed in South Sudan, including one worker who was killed during the recent conflict in Juba. Many more are still missing.”
Source http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=54622#.V6X6MPdwbqB