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Bamako, Mali, Jan 25, 2013 \/ 12:09 am (CNA<\/a>).- Catholic Relief Services is working to assist tens of thousands of refugees in Mali as the clash between government and rebel forces continues.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cPeace is their main need,\u201d Sean Gallagher, Catholic Relief Services' Country Representative in Mali, said of the refugees.<\/p>\n

\tRefugees with host families in rural areas still have access to food from \u201ca relatively good harvest.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThose in urban areas, however, will need money to purchase food and other necessities to feed those new to the cities.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cAs they settle into host families, most will need food and protection. As families accommodate the newly arrived, over time, they will seek to put their children in school and find additional space,\u201d he told CNA Jan. 24.<\/p>\n

\tThe fighting in Mali began in April 2012 after a military coup provided Islamist fighters and Tuareg rebels the opportunity to seize northern Mali.<\/p>\n

\tAn estimated 228,000 people have been internally displaced in Mali, while another 140,000 refugees have registered in neighboring countries, a report from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees says. There are about 15.4 million people in the predominantly Muslim country.<\/p>\n

\tFrench military forces intervened on Jan. 11 to counter rebel attempts to move into southern Mali. The intervention has helped split the rebels, with some groups now saying they want to negotiate for an end to the fighting or ally against their former cobelligerents, USA Today reports.<\/p>\n

\tGallagher reported that French-led foreign troops continue to move into northern Mopti, which is in the center of the country. They have taken the Mopti town of Douentza and their planes have bombed the rebel-held historic city of Timbuktu.<\/p>\n

\tHelen Blakesley, the CRS Regional Information Officer for West and Central Africa, said the agency has been helping families who fled the north since the crisis began last year. The agency\u2019s aid has reached over 7,000 households with around 50,000 people.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cFor those who came to the Mopti region in the middle of the country, we\u2019ve distributed food, cash, and toiletries, built latrines and kitchen sites at a camp for displaced people,\u201d she said. \u201cFor those who came to the Mopti region in the middle of the country, we\u2019ve distributed food, cash, and toiletries, built latrines and kitchen sites at a camp for displaced people.\u201d<\/p>\n

\tThe agency is helping about 4,000 refugees in the national capital Bamako with monthly cash distributions, targeted according to criteria like large family size, single-parent status, or special needs like disabilities, illness or old age.<\/p>\n

\tEach family receives the equivalent of $16 per person, per month, a figure calculated based on daily food intake.<\/p>\n

\t\u201cThat doesn't sound like much, but it's a lifeline. That helps cover basic needs like food, health costs, school fees or rent, if they\u2019re not staying with a host family,\u201d Blakesley said.<\/p>\n

\tGallagher said the Catholic agency is still helping the \u201cfirst wave\u201d of refugees from when fighting began. It is assessing the situation of displaced persons in Bamako and in several cities and towns in the south-central region of Segou.<\/p>\n

\tCatholic Relief Services has been working in Mali since 1999. Other projects are still continuing despite the military conflict.<\/p>\n

\tIn the far-west commune of Sahel the agency is addressing a food crisis through agriculture, nutrition, education, and community infrastructure like water holes. The agency is supplying hot, nutritious meals to schoolchildren each day in around 300 schools in two vulnerable regions.<\/p>\n

\tThe Catholic Relief Services website is www.crs.org<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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