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On 2 May 2016, UNAMID`s Sector West Child Protection Unit (CPU), launched a Darfur-wide campaign, under the theme: “No Child Soldiers – Protect Darfur” at Krinding (1) Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in El-Geneina, West Darfur.
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On 2 May 2016, UNAMID`s Sector West Child Protection Unit (CPU), distributed vests inscribed with messages that promote the protection of children at the launch ceremony of the Darfur-wide campaign, under the theme: “No Child Soldiers – Protect Darfur” at Krinding (1) Camp for Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in El-Geneina, West Darfur. Photo by Elsadig Daud, UNAMID.
On 20 April 2016, UNAMID Communications and Public Information Section in collaboration with the Ministry of Social Affairs, Culture, Information and Tourism, in Zalingei, Central Darfur, organized a cultural festival with the participation of various tribes in the area. The event, aimed at strengthening the social fabric among local communities, included exhibition of local handmade products, traditional dances and musical concerts. Photo by Mohammed Idriss Mohammed, UNAMID.
On 14 April 2016, UNAMID Sector West Office handed over to local judicial authorities a newly constructed rural court building in Adikong area, West Darfur, as part of the Mission’s Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme.Photo by Muntasir Sharafadin, UNAMID.
On 18 April 2016, the Darfur Internal Dialogue and Consultations (DIDC) Implementation Committee held a meeting at UNAMID’s headquarters in El Fasher, North Darfur to discuss modalities to recommence the second phase of the dialogue at the locality-level in Darfur’s five states. Photo by Salah Mohammed, UNAMID.
On 11 April 2016, UNAMID`s Human Rights Section, Sector North, handed over seating units consist of 348 benches and desks to four basic schools for boys and girls in Abu Zerega village, North Darfur. The event, part of the Mission’s support to education in Darfur through its Quick Impact Projects (QIPs) programme. .Photo by Salah Mohammed, UNAMID.
07 April is universally commemorated as the International Day of Reflection on the Genocide in Rwanda. In his message, the UN Secretary-General said that we should all be inspired by the survivors’ courage in showing that reconciliation is possible even after such a tragedy. In the picture, UNAMID personnel, jointly with the Rwandan community in the Mission, commemorates the event in El Fasher, North Darfur. Photo by Mohamad Almahady, UNAMID.
On April 7, 2016, UNAMID Sector East Ordnance Disposal Office (ODO) organized a marathon to commemorate the International Awareness Day for Mine Action and Assistance in Action. In the picture Sector East ODO Team Leader Fidaa Soufan presenting a trophy to the Winner of the Marathon.Photo by Hassan Ibrahim Ishag, UNAMID.
Newly displaced persons in Sortoni, North Darfur, who fled their original homes and sought refuge near UNAMID's Team Site following ongoing clashes between armed movements and government forces in Jebel Marra area. 10 February 2016. UNAMID photo.