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Current Events (1129 words) |
 | Saurimo has been a key military base for the government in the past, a launching-pad for attacks elsewhere in the Lundas, particularly around the diamond area of Cafunfo, and would doub tless be so again should hostilities resume. |
| In Saurimo itself, the best, and possibly only hotel accommodation in town belongs to Dona Kina from Kuito, whose small family restaurant is much less modest than it initially seems, but far from cheap. |
| She was coaxed down from $85 to $50 a night by a business friend anxious to set up in the area amidst protestations about rising prices and the lack of a steady clientele. |
| ACT Appeals (4580 words) |
| Saurimo has a security perimeter of 50 km in which settlement is safe. |
| The goal is to provide immediate support for displaced families to survive, and to provide them with orientation and resources in case they can return to their places of origin and resume a normal live. |
| In Luena and Saurimo a program for treating trauma affected children will also be introduced in collaboration with the organization International Child Development Program (ICDP) which has developed its activities on an initiative from Norway. |
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