The United States government has provided a $50,000 donation to refugee relief efforts after more than 8,000 Congolese crossed into Rwanda over the last few weeks.They fled from renewed conflict in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), pitting government troops and mutinous soldiers.In a statement by the US embassy, in Kigali, the assistance that has been channelled through the local office of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will help improve sanitary, sewage and drainage conditions of Nkamira Transit Centre, where the refugees are currently sheltered.The funds were handed over to the UNICEF country director, Noala Skinner, by U.S. Ambassador to Rwanda, Donald Koran. In a related development, the embassy also donated medical supplies and blankets to UNHCR to assist in the relief efforts.
