European Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 23, 1994, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Page 4 the stars and stripes _ crisis in Rand 1�? Airlift from Page 1 in Zaire and to establish a Safe water Supply to Ward off the cholera plague that is quickly sweeping through the 1 million people at the refugee Camp at Goma Clin to n urged americans to co n t Ribu t e to Aid agencies that Are working with the refugees. \ o in ton also said the Pentagon would provide 20 million dehydration therapy packages to the refugees. The to i it chiefs of staff Chai Man army Gen. John a Shalikashvil told reporters that water is critical because even with the Supply airlifts Quot you will still lose the race against time if we do not establish Safe water and distribution  the Pentagon will base its operations out of Rhein Mam and is discussing with ugandan officials use of a site for the distribution Headquarters. From Uganda flights would go to smaller airfields hear the refugee Camps. A a a Richard Bissell of the overseas development Council said the High Cost of air missions used to deliver food to the area Means there s less Money left Over for food purchases. A Quot frequently More Money goes into Jet fuel than into food Quot Bissell said. The immediate problem facing Relief workers in refugee areas is a cholera epidemic. In one refugee Camp near the rwandan Zairi an Border there was one cholera victim tuesday. By thursday 250 were dead. A. An official asking not to be identified acknowledged that the administration was caught by Surprise by the Speed and scope of saturday july 23, 1994 Rwanda refugee children wait Friday for Aid near a French military base in Goma Zaire. The exodus from Rwanda. Reports from the m Zaire refugee areas indicate that other donor governments and Relief organizations were ill prepared As Well. Julia a Taft president of interaction an association of . Private voluntary organizations said she regretted that the funds announced by Clinton will be diverted from programs to help the needy in stricken areas such As Angola and Sudan. A a it a like shifting chairs on a sinking ship a she said. An administration official noted that fresh Money should become available for africans various crises with the Start of the new fiscal year slightly More than two months from now. Taft said she was a gravely concerned several weeks ago when the administration seemed to be Able to find tens of millions of dollars to help haitian refugees but not much to help rwandans. Bissell agreed that Haiti has had he administrations attention because important political constituencies in Washington a have been talking about Haiti and not  a second reason is that Haiti is a lot closer to the United slates than Rwanda. A we done to have rwandan refugees showing up in Florida a Bissell said. He also noted t h at t he europ e a it colonial heritage in Africa has an Impact. The euro Means he said Quot Are seen As having a much Etter response  nonetheless Bissell said the adm Nistra. Tion is making a a serious contributions to alleviating. The Rwanda crisis but with the sudden exodus into Zaire new strategies Are required. Taft said Clinton must act decisively to ensure that the rwandan refugees will be  a we have to make sure the refugees can go Back a she said a these people can to Uve Zaire from Page 1 task Force in Vicenza Italy. The task forces deployment comes two Days after the , High commissioner for refugees asked several countries to help in Relief operations the countries asked routinely donate to the United nations refugee com Mission Redmond said. The Neucom team will provide some needed assistance Morse said. For example the team will immediately Rush water purification equipment from Rhein main a Germany to the refugee Camps the statement said. Three flights Are scheduled from the air base this weekend a base spokeswoman said. And although Neucom Hasni to established a Bosnia Type Airlift Relief operation the task Force will determine if an air Relief operation is feasible in the Region Morse said. A series of Relief flights is scheduled twice daily beginning sunday the statement said. A single flight from Nairobi Kenya to Goma carrying cooking Oil arid Rice is scheduled to Fly today Neucom estimates about 1,500 tons of cooking Oil will be delivered to the refugees on 40 flights after the task Force is established. Other countries and private charities have delivered Mote than 28,000 tons of supplies to the refugees on about 100 flights since May 11, Morse said. Neucom forces supported the flights. R the joint task Force also will deliver six 10-ton forklifts to the Goma Airport to help unload Relief supplies flown in by private charities Morse said. Also . Navy p-3c Orion reconnaissance aircraft will deploy to the Region to provide a better View of the roads terrain and infrastructure around the Camps. Military aircraft already have helped deliver vehicles to . Forces in the area. Morse said and three More flights this weekend will help deliver More supplies. At a me e t ing Widnes Day in g in Eva the United nations asked the countries to provide one or More of eight Relief a a packages designed to ease the situation in Zaire Redmond said. The United nations asked the countries to. A. A a a a help develop an adequate water Supply for the refugees through a sound water management program. Redmond said the package would mean two phases distribute water via trucks to the Camps and find a source of water to replace the trucks. The water situation in the Camps is reaching a a critical Levels Redmond said. The influx of refugees has depleted the ground water near the Camps causing people to use contaminated water. Cholera an often deadly disease caused by poor sanitation is beginning to spread through the Camps. A secure and repair the Goma Airport to allow Relief flights to Fly in closer to the Camps. Redmond said the country assisting in this Mission would need to Send a self contained team Complete with equipment to Man the Airport. A establish a motor Pool for . Vet cles. The United nations needs a motor Pool that can handle 300 trucks 50 water tankers and 100 Light vehicles used by . Forces to protect and assist refugees Redmond said. A repair and service roads near the refugee Camps. A help develop a source for Domestic stove fuels. A a they re already chopping Down All the Trees a Redmond said of the refugees. A now we need to give them stoves and other sources of  a prepare sanitation facilities. The United nations needs at least 60,000 toilets at the four Camps Redmond said. A manage an air Hub for Relief flight operations in the area Redmond said the Hub would act As a staging area for Relief supplies going into Zaire and would include temporary storage  from Page 1 dominated rebels in a wave that has grown to 1,7 million people in the past 10 Days although there has been no evidence of reprisals by the rebel rwandan patriotic front. But the refugees faced other Octha dangers. In Munagi five Miles from the Eastern zairian Border town of Goma there was one cholera Case tuesday. By thursday 250 people were dead. A we had maybe 10 cases reported yesterday dozens overnight today hundreds and it will continue Isabelle Pardieu of the humanitarian organization doctors without Borders said. With proper care the Normal death rate from cholera is one in every 1,000 cases. A if you have 10 deaths per thousand it would be catastrophic and Here we have 30 per thousand a Pardieu said. The humanitarian Agency said its doctors reported 800 dead before they stopped counting the bodies on a five mile stretch of Road from Goma to the Munagi Camp. Cholera most commonly spreads through water con Tam i rated by excrement. The . High commissioner for refugees said it needs governments to help build 60,000 la Trines and provide clean water to try 0 get the epidemic under control. In the meantime some despairing refugees Are beginning to crack under the stress. A crazed woman gyrated naked Down the Middle of the Road leading from town to Goma Airport thursday shouting expletives at the apathetic crowds of refugees and continuing to gyrate when she stopped in front of 11 bodies wrapped in Mats. One Man unloading corpses at the mass grave threw his head Back and laughed heartily when he managed to Chuck the body of a Young boy directly into the Middle of a pit. Bodies accumulated 10 deep and the Bulldozer Driver had to ram Down banana Trees to Totake space for new Graves French troops who arrived last month on a controversial Mission to save people from Slaughter have had to divert their attention from a Safe zone they set up in Southwest Rwanda to help with the chaos created by the refugees across the Border. France still plans to withdraw its troops from Rwanda by aug. 21, but will keep some of them longer in neighbouring countries to Cope with the refugee crisis the government said Friday. Pasteur Biz Mung the new president of Rwanda installed by the ref said in an interview broadcast thursday by the British broadcasting corp. That innocent Hutu civil ians need not fear reprisals for the massacres of Bulsis by Hutu extremists. He said those responsible for the killings would be brought to Justice and urged refugees to return Home. A million refugees came to Goma an Eastern zairian Frontier town that normally supports 80,000 people. Most carry plastic cans and form a procession blocking the four mile Road to Lake Kiva where they collect water Slimy and thick with pollution. Relief agencies have been promising to provide food at four refugee Camps being organized within 30 Miles of Goma hoping to attract people away from the overwhelmed City. A we woul d go if we h and t he m e an s. But we be a i be d f 0 r four Days. The children Are sick and coughing everyone has a diarrhoea we re living on Sweet potatoes. We can to do it a said Abraham nday Isaba who grew the potatoes on his plot across the Border and carried them Over when he fled. The . High commissioner for refugee has asked governments to help with a massive Airlift by providing aircraft Crews equipment to unload planes at Gomas congested Airport and teams of workers and equipment to build latrines to hold diseases at Bay and roads to ferry food and water