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<p> </p><p>According to the latest update from the UN Office for the Coordination
of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) on 15 June 2014, the cumulative number of verified
Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) in Darfur who have been displaced since January
2014 and have yet to return to their areas of origin is <strong>264,528</strong>.
This figure is in addition to the estimated number of over 2 million people who, at
the end of 2013, have been living in longer term displacement. It is not possible
to determine retroactively the number of visits that have occurred over the past two
years but DFID staff do travel regularly to Darfur. To date in 2014, there have been
a total of six separate visits with a total of eight DFID staff participating, including
two by the Head of DFID Sudan.</p><p> </p><p> </p><p> </p><p>DFID has provided support
to a wide range of development and humanitarian organisations working in Darfur both
directly and through different joint funds such as the Common Humanitarian Fund (CHF)
and the Darfur Community Peace and Stability Fund (DCPSF). Direct funds go to organisations
including the following: the World Food Programme, Catholic Relief Services, World
Vision Sudan, Oxfam America, Norwegian Church Aid Sudan and United Methodist Committee
on Relief. Organisations getting funding through the joint funds include agencies,
funds and programmes of the United Nations, International Organisations, International
Non-Governmental Organisations (INGOs) and National Non-Governmental Organisations
(NNGOs).</p><p> </p>
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