89. Expenditures undor Special Programmes, amounting to $243,425, included an allocation of approximately $142,000 to some 210 students arriving in Egypt by way of Djibouti as a result of events in the Horn of Africa. Other refugees benefited from the Education Account, and a small amount was made available from the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa to refugees from that country, in transit or living in Egypt, who were in urgent need of supplementary aid. Two private donors provided funds which were used to pay monthly allowances to 60 aged and handicapped refugees of Armenian origin.
Ethiopia
90. The estimated number of refugees in Ethiopia at the end of 1978 remained at around 10,900, comprising individuals of various origins in Addis Ababa and other urban centres, refugees from southern Sudan settled in the Gambela area, and refugees from the northern areas of Sudan located at Ganduar. As regards this latter group, plans were pursued to resettle them near Bahr Dar, south of Lake Tana, in the event that repatriation proves impossible. In co-operation with UNHCR, the Government undertook a survey of the proposed site, which confirmed its suitability. Total UNHCR assistance in Ethiopia in 1978 under the General Programmes amounted to over $59,000 and covered measures such as local integration, supplementary aid, voluntary repatriation and counselling. Care and maintenance for the refugees from southern Sudan was provided under previous years! commitments. Expenditure under the Special Programmes, such as the Education Account and the United Nations Trust Fund for South Africa amounted to over $31,000.
91. As a result of events in the Horn of Africa in the early part of 1978, the Government of Ethiopia requested assistance for displaced persons in the Ogaden region, estimated at approximately 500,000. In his appeal for humanitarian assistance in the Horn of Africa, the High Commissioner included a programme, valued at $5,075,000, designed to assist some 30,000 most needy displaced families (approximately 150,000 persons) to resettle. Assistance provided included resettlement kits, equipment for the reconstruction of communal facilities and housing, transportation, seeds, agricultural tools, blankets and supplementary food. Assistance was co-ordinated with UNICEF, UNDP, WFP and FAO and distribution was ensured by the Ethiopian Relief and Rehabilitation Commission. In 1978, assistanco to victims in the Ogaden region financed under the programme for the Horn of Africa totalled nearly $4,082,000.
Kenya
92. The total number of refugees in Kenya at the end of 1978 was estimated at 6,500, comprising mainly about 4,600 Ugandans and smaller groups of refugees from other African countries. Most of the refugees live in and around Nairobi.
93. Assistance was rendered to needy refugees, including those from South Africa, through the provision of monthly subsistence allowances, guidance for education and for resettlement in other countries. Grants towards local settlement were also given and the repatriation of a number of refugees was also facilitated.
94. Following the allocation by the Kenya Government of approximately 19,000 acres of agricultural land in Witu, Lamu District, for a rural settlement scheme, preparations were begun for the establishment of the settlement.
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