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Bui Family Union donates relief items to Meluf fire victims


By Bakah Derick with field reports 

A USA based not-for-profit charity and humanitarian organization has handed relief items to persons whose houses were consumed by fire in December 2018.
Bui Family Union BFU-USA handed over the items via a local coordinator on Sunday January 27 at the Meluf Catholic Church.

 
Beneficiaries of the BFU-US humanitarian Relief


The items we gathered include: mattresses, a sewing machine, wrappers, blankets, food flasks, bulls, buckets, cups, spoons, plates, pots, rice, savon, vegetable oil, maggi, tomatoes amongst others. 


Speaking during the handing over event, the local Coordinator A Reverend Sister whose name we could not get at press time said the items were coming as a result of the Bui Humanitarian relief launched by BFU-USA due to the crises in the North West & South West Regions. 


December 5, 2018 remains a day Meluf people of Bui Division will remember for a long time following a raid in the area that ended with the killing of civilians, burning of homes, destruction of property resulting in many internally displaced.
Launching the Bui Humanitarian relief project, BFU-USA in a statement on their website stated “it is our duty as a key organization from Bui in the diaspora to look into the humanitarian relief initiatives and determine how we can best help those in need, especially in Bui Division.” 


The charitable initiative since creation has been working in the areas of culture, education and health benefiting local communities in the US and in Bui Division. Due to the crisis, The BFU-USA has been forced to suspend the Scholarship for Academic Excellence program which for many years has given many the opportunities to acquire education. 


With the motto: “Wir Dze Wir Bii Wir! Literally translated as “who you are is a reflection of those around you”, BFU-USA functions with “the believe that our community empowers us and that we are who we are because of the grace of others.”

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