Wristbands identify Ethiopian refugees in Moyale, Kenya
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Citizen Digital
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees and the Kenya Red Cross are distributing coded wristbands to displaced Ethiopian families in the Harhosa and OMC camps in Moyale. The operation is intended to facilitate refugee registration and the delivery of humanitarian aid, according to Citizen Digital.
The Kenya Red Cross and the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) are distributing identification wristbands to displaced Ethiopians staying in the Harhosa and OMC camps in Moyale, Kenya, Citizen Digital reports. Each blue wristband carries a unique code to identify people and organise the distribution of humanitarian aid.
According to Enock Achola of the UNHCR, the codes are intended to make it easier to identify refugees. Kelvin Njenga, head of digital transformation at the Kenya Red Cross, said the next step would be to issue assistance cards to households and collect information about families to better direct aid.
Those affected fled conflicts in Ethiopia’s Oromia and Somali regions. The operation comes as tens of thousands of Ethiopians arrive in Moyale, according to figures released on 27 October. Kenya announced on 29 October that it was preparing to host 30,000 Ethiopian refugees.
