A Refugee Camp in the Heart or the City

[matéo]

A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City

I just finished reading James Orbinski's "An imperfect offering" Which describes a lot of the conditions at refugee camps in Zaire and Sudan amongst other places. He does an amazing job at describing in detail how these camps are setup and the living conditions in which people have to go through just to survive. Should be interesting hearing firsthand from MSF volunteers.

At the Vancouver library till Sunday!

Right now, Doctors Without Borders/Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) is bringing its outdoor educational exhibit A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City to Winnipeg, Edmonton, Calgary, Vancouver, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Santa Monica and San Diego.

Guided by MSF aid workers, visitors are asked to imagine that they are among the millions of people fleeing violence and persecution in, for example, Somalia, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Sudan.

The exhibit is made up of materials used by MSF in its emergency medical work around the world, including emergency refugee housing, a food distribution tent, water pump, health clinic, vaccination tent, therapeutic feeding center, and a cholera treatment center. It addresses questions such as:

Will I be safe?
What will I eat?
How do I find water?
Can I get medical care?
Where will I live?
Learn more about the issues refugees and internally displaced persons (IDPs) face with this interactive guide.

The exhibit is free and open to the public. If you are planning to come with a group of 15 or more please schedule a group visit for your city. Individuals are welcome without reservations

Doctors Without Borders / Mdecins Sans Frontires (MSF)

[Erin]

I was wondering what was going on there...