CHURCH WORLD SERVICE: EMERGENCY RESPONSE PROGRAM
EMERGENCY APPEAL: Tanzania: Burundian Refugees in Kibondo
# 6452 for $30,000
July 12, 2002


SITUATION: Despite the signing of an August 2000 peace accord, the civil
conflict in Burundi continues. And despite UN-sponsored "voluntary
repatriation" earlier this year - and to relatively peaceful areas of
northern Burundi - few people have taken advantage of the plan, because
most of the Kibondo refugees are from south-eastern provinces of Burundi,
where the levels of fighting and insecurity remain high.

The Burundian refugee emergency in Kibondo began in early 1994 after an
attempted coup in October 1993 that resulted into the death of the
democratically elected president.  The ethnic violence that followed
witnessed a massive movement of refugees into Tanzania.  Tanganyika
Christian Refugee Service (TCRS), a member of the Action by Churches
Together (ACT) International network, in collaboration with UNHCR, has
been running the Kanembwa and Mkugwa refugee camps since 1994.  TCRS
established two additional refugee camps at Mtendeli and Nduta in 1996 and
a further camp at Karago at the end of 1999.  The current Kibondo caseload
is approximately 150,000 refugees.


RESPONSE: Though conditions in Burundi do not yet allow for the promotion
of repatriation, TCRS would like to assist those who wish to return at
their own risk to the safer northern areas. However, it is expected that
the current population will not decline significantly over the rest of the
year.  The life of the refugees remaining in the camps is filled with
constraints and hardship.  Over the last 3 years the funding for the
Burundian refugees has decreased to the point that basic needs provision
has dipped below the generally accepted humanitarian standards.  Even more
drastic cuts are planned in the "less-essential" areas of refugee
education, self-sufficiency and peace and reconciliation.

As a result, TCRS is proposing an assistance program promoting activities
vital for refugee well-being and dignity, as well as the eventual healing
of the root causes of the ethnic conflict.


GOAL & OBJECTIVES

TCRS Kibondo Refugee Project Overall Goal is to improve the quality of
life, dignity and self-reliance of Burundian refugees while in camps in
Kibondo District, and facilitate their participation in the rebuilding of
a peaceful and prosperous Burundi.

This appeal's objectives are to alleviate the suffering of the refugees
by:

Provision of water and sanitation in accordance with SPHERE1 Humanitarian
Charter and Minimum Standards in Disaster Response; provision of basic
needs like clothing and household utensils; provision of information in
order for the refugees to be able to make an informed decision on when to
return to Burundi; facilitating a dignified repatriation for those who
wish to return; peace education and conflict transformation to address
root causes of conflict; advocacy for refugee rights in Tanzania and the
basic rights of returnees; capacity building of national partners in
refugee emergency response

The targeted beneficiaries are approximately 150,000 refugees in Kibondo
District, western Tanzania. The project completion date is June 30, 2003.


ESTIMATED EXPENDITURE includes:
Capacity Building (Training Workshops): $3,000
Water and Sanitation (including buckets, pipelines, water pumps,
generators): $44,580
Information/Resource Centers/Advocacy: $22,100
Peace Education and Conflict Transformation: $28,000
Cooking equipment $23,000
Assistance to Refugees Voluntarily Repatriating: $77,748

CWS-ERP is seeking $30,000 from its denominational members for this
appeal. For more specific information, including budget information,
contact CWS ERP. Or go to the ACT web site: www.act-intl.org

CHURCH WORLD SERVICE, Burundian Refugees in Kibondo, # 6452 (AFTZ21)
P.O.
Box 968, Elkhart, IN, 46515. Phone pledges or credit card donations:
1-800-297-1516.

On-line contributions to: www.churchworldservice.org

Call the CWS HOTLINE for updates: (800) 297-1516.

For further information about disasters to which Church World Service
is responding, contact CWS Emergency Response.

Telephone: (212) 870-3151
E-mail: donnajderr@aol.com
After-hours emergency pager: (800) 780-0853
Web site: www.cwserp.org


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