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Colombia
The response to the internal conflict in Colombia, now more than four decades old, is the largest humanitarian intervention in Latin America. Each year more than 300,000 people are newly displaced and UNHCR estimates that 373,000 Colombians are refugees or are living in a refugee-like situation. Within Colombia, the lines between civil and military are becoming increasingly blurred, with a resulting reduction in humanitarian space. DG ECHO will provide emergency food, healthcare, water and sanitation, shelter and protection assistance, primarily to new IDPs and rural populations affected by conflict. Efforts will be made to involve state institutions locally and to hand over aid activities to them in the near future, so that they take full responsibility for their citizens. In Ecuador and Venezuela, DG ECHO will provide humanitarian assistance and protection to newly arrived victims of the conflict.
Haiti
DG ECHO's strategy in 2010 will be to reduce malnutrition and mortality through multi¬sectoral assistance, to respond to disasters and to implement disaster preparedness activities. Food assistance protection, disaster risk reduction and environmental sustainability are key elements of this strategy, which will be carried out using money committed in the 2009 budget.
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