At Agabar. administrative personnel number about 250. including 30 volunteer selfhelp teachers. 83 volunteer selfhelp health workers and 50 "victory pioneers." who help with security. Camps are broken into five subdivisions. starting with sections (400 persons per section) to the smallest division. units (10 households per unit). Through committees which exist at each subdivision. there is a heavy involvement by the refugees in managing their own affairs. The complicated task of food distribution and allocation by family is handled by the refugee committees. for example. In spite of the excellent administrative structure and personnel. the government and people of Somali are still being overwhelmed. In September 1979. the Somalia government declared a state of emergency. and sent out a world wide appeal for assistance.
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