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Emergency Response on the Kenya-Uganda Border

FEBRUARY 2008 — Following post-election violence in December and January, more than 6,000 Kenyans fled to Uganda to seek refuge. In Busia and Malaba, Uganda, ROADS community "clusters"—associations of like-minded community-based organizations reaching specific populations—mobilized themselves to assist the refugees. Acting on their own initiative, they have provided food and clothes and have extended HIV/AIDS services.

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