In May 1999, rebels attacked a therapeutic feeding center run by the Italian NGO GVC. Food and drugs from a nearby health center were stolen along with some 45 cows. Four government soldiers were killed and seven injured during the attack. Three Swiss Red Cross workers were shot dead by NLF rebels while traveling in a clearly marked Red Cross vehicle in June 1996. In April 1998, Bent Nielsen, director of the Adventist Relief and Development Agency, was stabbed and shot to death while his vehicle was carjacked. NGO work is a hazardous occupation in Burundi. But if you want to gamble with your life anyhow, you can contact:
Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA)
Bujumbura, Burundi
Tel: (257) 218034 or 219157/8
Fax: (257) 218035
E-mail: dha@cbinf.com
Web site: http://www.reliefweb.int/IRIN
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