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Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - A camp is born
1 Sep 1996 Despite careful planning, some refugee camps spring up seemingly on their own, influenced by many factors, including geography, economics, political and security concerns and - last but not least - sheer necessity and desperation. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Health: Familiar images
1 Sep 1996 UNHCR doctors ensure that health and nutrition policies are implemented by host governments and non-governmental organizations. Sometimes, efforts at improving health care are frustrated by other factors in a camp situation. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Women: Video versus tradition
1 Sep 1996 A traditional rite of passage among Somali women is coming to an end with a training programme and an information campaign designed to prevent the mutilation of refugee girls. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Environment: Preventing and repairing the damage
1 Sep 1996 The mitigation of environmental damage is one of the priority items in today's refugee situations. Donors recognize that moderate expenditure can save enormous cost in repairing damaged lands. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Education: Escape from ignorance
1 Sep 1996 Children's access to education is a primary concern in refugee camps. Courses offered normally follow the curriculum in the refugees' country of origin. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Water: Nary a drop to drink
1 Sep 1996 In any refugee camp, a good, reliable source of clean water must be available. But sometimes, refugee camps end up on impossibly poor sites. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - The last to leave
1 Sep 1996 A large majority of the Somali refugees - the pastoral nomads and the affluent - have returned spontaneously to their country. The very poor are stuck in refugee camps. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - When it's time to go home
1 Sep 1996 Refugees usually go back home when the fears that drove them into exile are gone. Often, a new kind of fear intervenes - that of returning to a ruined homeland and starting over again. -
Refugees Magazine Issue 105 (Life in a refugee camp) - Self-reliance: 'Think Solutions'
1 Sep 1996 In the post-Cold War era, it has become increasingly difficult to raise funds for the care and maintenance of refugees. It is now essential to try and help refugees become self-reliant at the very first opportunity.