onsdag den 10. juli 2013

Inside an internally displaced persons camp: Focus on Darfur

Imagine fighting breaking out in your town and having to flee your home with only what you could carry. It might be hard for most of us in Canada to imagine, but when widespread conflict erupted in 2003 in the Darfur region ofSudan, an estimated 1.5 million people had to do just that. Many of these families now live in what are called internally displaced persons (IDP) camps.

Plan has been working in Sudan since 1977 and in the area of North Darfur since 2005, helping children and families affected by the long-term conflict. Plan’s programs focus onquality learning, girls’ education, health and hygiene promotion, malaria prevention and environmental sanitation, as well as children’s and women’s protection.

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