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...look at?tents, food-distribution stalls and wooden latrines. But that's the point. Designed to expose the public to the spartan life of those made homeless by war, disaster or famine, the Refugee Camp in the City exhibit, organized by Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF), is a touring camp replica that has already appeared in the U.S., Italy, Germany and Hong Kong, where it recently drew more than 8,000 people...
...Photos of victims of the Kashmir earthquake, Rwandan genocide and Ethiopian famines are displayed. But behind the tragedy, the camp is testament to human resourcefulness. Dick van der Tak, MSF's executive director in Hong Kong, points to sandals made from tire scraps and toys from tin cans. "It's important to remember the normalcy of everyday life, and every person's humanity," he says. For information, go to msf.org...
...much of southern Africa," says Claude Jibidar, the World Food Program's deputy representative in Congo. But that's small comfort for Dubie's 18,000 refugees. More than 10 die every week from malnutrition, according to Médecins Sans Frontières (Doctors Without Borders, or msf), the sole relief group in the village. There is a row of freshly dug graves under the trees on the edge of Dubie's biggest refugee camp. "Essentially people are dying of starvation," says Delfin Kapia, a medic for msf, as he struggles to inject antibiotics into a six-month...
Fran??ois Gillet, MSF's logistics coordinator in Sigli, is desperately trying to find extra beds, plugs and lightbulbs, which no one seems to have. "It's the little things that often get overlooked and are hardest to find," he says. The group has relied on satellite phones for most of its communications, but even they have been less than reliable. "This is why we have to be as organized as possible," says Belgian Alexis Moens, the field coordinator. "You have to put up a structure that is strong enough on both the medical and logistical sides. Otherwise, things just...
...barren landscape. Some 50,000 people are camped in local mosques and schools. Most of the refugees are still using rivers for washing their dishes and bathing--a recipe for cholera and typhoid. As the advance teams uncover unsanitary conditions in the camps, they report them to MSF water and sanitation units working in the area. "We work until midnight every day at the earliest, but we're always running behind," says Moens. "We just don't have the time or people to be everywhere...