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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Mali conflict: Mohammed, the guitarist

Watch the clip to meet Mohammed, 'the guitarist' - a young boy who was forced to leave his home and guitar behind due to the conflict in Mali.

Now sheltering in a refugee camp with thousands of other displaced childen and adults in Mentao, he finds joy in playing the guitar at the Plan-supported children's centre set up there.

"I like it when people clap their hands and dance when we play the guitar," he says.