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124. As a result of extensive flood damage the settlement's income from its 1977/78 crop was less than in the previous year. On the other hand, the livestock development progromnes progressed well. While arrangements were being made to register the multi-purpose co-operative with the Tanzania Rural Development Bank, efforts were being aimed at establishing one village co-operative for each of the 13 villages in the settlement. The refugees themselves have contributed some $6,000 for the construction of shops, and the total number of classrooms has been raised from 45 to 90 in conformity with the Government policy of Universal Primary Education (UPE).
125. The Katumba settlement, accommodating over 66,000 refugees from Burundi was officially handed over to the Government at the end of June 1978.
126. The new settlement at Mishamo was established in 1978 to accommodate the excess population of Ulyankulu and some 12,000 to 15,000 refugees from the border areas of Kigoma region. It is planned that the completed settlement will consist of 21 villages. By the end of 1978 the population had reached about 1,000 transferred from Ulyankulu as mentioned above, and these refugees had begun to cultivate their plots of land. Five research farms had been established by two TCRS project officers in the context of the agricultural development programme, and a primary school was operational, with 135 pupils.
127. At the Kigwa settlement for Ugandan refugees, the population remained at something over 2,000 in 1978. The transfer of this settlement to the Government has been postponed to December 1979 becuase of delays in the completion of the Community Education complex and of the second phase of the water supply systen.
128. Other forms of assistance provided by UNHCR in the United Republic of Tanzania, mainly for individual refugees, including southern African refugee students, covered inter alia, local settlement, counselling, education, repatriation and resettlement.
129. The secondary school at Tunduru, financed from trust funds made available to UNHCR, is expected to be largely completed in 1979. The project continues to be supervised by the International Bank fry Reconstruction and Development (IBRD) and the International Development Association (IDA). The school will accommodate refugees and nationals, and the national authorities have agreed to reciprocate by admitting refugees to secondary schools throughout the country.
130. Total expenditures incurred by UNHCR in 1978 under its General Programme amounted to $2,981,870 including some $2,892,600 for local settlement. under the Special Programmes amounted to just over $734,200.
Zaire
Expenditures
131. The new influx of Angolan refugees into Zaire which began in November 1977 continued well into 1978. By the end of the year refugees in Zaire included several hundred thousand Ingolans (perhaps over 600,000), 22,000 Rwandese and 11,000 persons from Burundi.
132. In responding to the influx into the Cataractes sub-region, UNHCR was assisted by donations from various Governments and inter alia WFP and the EEC. The Swiss Government made available doctors and a team of volunteers equipped with vehicles, to implement a distribution programme. This combined action helped to counter the effects of a severe drought. In 1979 UNHCR embarked upon plans to assist all refugees in the Cataractes sub-region, located at a reasonable distance from the border, to integrate in agriculture. WFP also approved a quick-action project in favour of 40,000 beneficiaries in both the Cataractes and Bas-Fleuve sub-regions.
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