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Desert near Farchana refugee camp, Chad. The desert landscape of eastern Chad and western Sudan is largely dry and barren
Iridimi refugee camp, Chad. The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees has established a half dozen camps in eastern Chad. A serious challenge at Iridimi and other camps is providing enough water for the refugees
Iridimi refugee camp, Chad. These refugees are living in makeshift shelters constructed from sheeting provided by relief groups and from local materials
Bahai, Chad. Hadiya Adam Ahmed, who recently crossed into Chad, lives under a tree. She was shot twice by a Sudanese soldier guarding a well.
Touloum refugee camp, Chad. I was struck by many things about the refugees I met, not least their incredible dignity
Touloum refugee camp, Chad
Touloum refugee camp, Chad. This man lost his leg after being bombed by Sudanese government aircraft
Iridimi refugee camp, Chad. Hadiya Adam Abdullah and her children. Her husband was kidnapped by the janjaweed when they attacked her village. She doesn't know whether he is dead or alive
Iridimi refugee camp, Chad. Hawa Salihdin and her children. Her father, her brother, her cousin and 30 other people were killed when the militias attacked her village. Her mother, Hadiya Ahmed, disappeared and is still missing
"Jamel, une cadeau de Touloum." Virginie Cauderlie, a nurse with Doctors without Borders/Medecins sans Frontieres, holds Jamel, a "gift from Touloum" for the therapeutic feeding center run by MSF in Iriba, Chad.
A malnourished girl in the MSF therapeutic feeding center, Iriba, Chad. Nutrition continues to be a problem among the refugees in Chad in spite of international assistance. The situation is worse inside Sudan, where the government is obstructing access for relief agencies
Bahai, Chad. The majority of refugees in Chad have "spontaneously" settled in places like Bahai and are not in organized camps
List of massacres, compiled by refugees in Touloum refugee camp, Chad. The refugees are desperate to have their stories told - they want the world to know where, when, what and who
Touloum refugee camp. Like kids anywhere, many of the refugee children in Chad are living in the moment, even though they have seen things no child should have to seen, borne burdens no child should have to bear. What future will these children have?
Touloum refugee camp
Bahai, Chad. The few animals that refugees have brought with them are dying from lack of fodder and water around Bahai. The International Rescue Committee has organized a program to collect and burn carcasses to prevent the spread of disease
Cemetery, Iridimi refugee camp, Chad. Graves of the recently deceased, including children
Touloum refugee camp, Chad. In addition to high temperatures in excess of 110 degrees, the refugees also must cope with sandstorms. Soon, seasonal rains will add to their misery, making access to the camps more difficult and increasing the risk of diseases, such as malaria and cholera.
In Sudan, Staring Genocide in the Face
Quote: Note: Jerry Fowler, staff director of the Committee on Conscience, recently traveled to Chad to meet refugees from Sudan. The trip was made possible with the assistance of Catholic Relief Services, which is helping run three refugee camps in Chad |
President Ken Hackett Visits Darfur as the Sudan Humanitarian Crisis Continues
CRS President Ken Hackett was the first CEO of a U.S. relief agency to visit Darfur. He traveled to Sudan with several USCCB members to assess humanitarian and security conditions in this region, where more than 1.2 million people are facing insecurity, food shortages, and threats of disease outbreaks. Since his return, Ken has shared his thoughts on the crisis with local, national and international news programs
http://www.catholicrelief.org/our_work/where_we_work/ov...it_press_release.cfm
Ken Hackett and Sudanaid Secretary General Francis Bassin visit with a displaced woman in an informal IDP settlement known as Tonkitir outside of Mershing in South Darfur. Ken remarked that the situation in this camp was as deplorable as any he had seen elsewhere in his travels. Internally displaced people in Tonkitir have only received plastic sheeting and are facing limited access to water and food as well as an inhospitable terrain in the immediate vicinity, which is so barren that cultivation is virtually impossible
Father Michael Perry, Bishop John Ricard and Ken Hackett take a photo with IDP women in Ummgosen near Mershing in South Darfur after the women requested the opportunity to share their stories with them. The women stated that they are thankful for the assistance provided to them in Ummgosen, but remain fearful of attacks by militia when they venture into the surrounding area to gather firewood
Ken Hackett and members of his party (which includes delegates from Caritas, the Nyala Parish and the USCCB) listen to the concerns of IDP leaders in Ummgosen, a displaced settlement near the town of Mershing in South Darfur. These IDPs expressed their sincere gratitude for the construction of 225 huts and three schools, and the donation of water hand pumps and survival kits (made possible through the CI/ACT consortium to which CRS has provided a $100,000 contribution.) They also stated that they remain extremely vulnerable, cannot leave the immediate confines of their settlement, and fear forced returns to their original homes, which were destroyed by the Janjaweed
This photo depicts the cruel reality of life in the Tonkitir camp in the Mershing area of South Darfur. IDPs interviewed stated that, thus far, many people living in Tonkitir have not yet received food aid as registration with the UN is not yet complete. Due to a lack of wood and other locally available building materials, shelters are often basic. Some IDPs complain that sanitation facilities within the camp are inadequate.
The Greatest Humanitarian Crisis Facing The World Today
Internally displaced people at Caritas-ACT camp in Al Hamidia. More than a million lives are endangered as the humanitarian crisis in Sudan worsens. Tens of thousands of people in the Darfur region of Western Sudan have been killed, and more than one million people have been forced from their homes by the violence that has engulfed Western Sudan for more than a year.
Despite tentative peace negotiations and agreed upon ceasefires, there appears little hope that the 198,000 refugees who've crossed the Sudan border into Chad—as well as the estimated 1.2 million internally displaced—will return to their homes in Darfur anytime soon.
The Darfur region is divided into three states—North, West and South—with a population of nearly six million people, one third of whom are expected to need emergency aid by the end of the year. Access to Darfur was largely prohibited until May of 2004. The delayed access, ongoing security issues, and impending rains are making it extremely difficult for the world's humanitarian agencies to provide aid in time to prevent catastrophic loss of life.
With this urgency in mind, U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell and U.N. Secretary General Koffi Annan traveled to the region to press the Government of Sudan to provide security and access for humanitarian agencies so they may work to save lives. CRS President Ken Hackett is also visiting Sudan as a sign of global solidarity and to encourage greater access for global humanitarian aid.
CRS President Ken Hackett also visited Sudan in early August to assess humanitarian and security conditions in South and West Darfur. He was the first president of a U.S. private voluntary organization to visit Darfur since the crisis began. He traveled with Bishop John Ricard and Father Mike Perry, both of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), and visited with high-level Sudanese government and church officials, as well as with internally displaced Sudanese in Ummgosen and Tonkatir camps near Mershing, South Darfur.
Said Hackett, "Security conditions are volatile and inconsistent, endangering any ability for displaced persons to voluntarily return to their villages, as well as aid agencies to effectively respond. We've been told that militia are present near settlements and continue to attack villages and border areas. The result is few safeguards for populations already vulnerable, and unprotected access to basic means for survival."
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Re: صّور دارفور ... في متحف الهولوكوست اليهودي ... | hamid hajer | 08-23-04, 04:34 AM |
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