A voice for the vulnerable in Pakistan’s relief camps
Author: Womens UN Report Network
Date: January 22, 2006
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A quake survivor at Mundihar camp explains her plight to a UNHCR community services worker. © UNHCR/V.Tan |
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A voice for the vulnerable in Pakistan’s relief camps BALAKOT, Pakistan, Jan 25 (UNHCR) – The first time a fight broke out in The solution? “We told the women to respect each other, and warned the And unlike the squabbling in-laws, few women in Pakistan’s quake-hit “Pregnant women don’t like to come out of their tents, and there were Today, the Best team has brought some Cuban doctors to Balakot’s The doctors and nurses, who speak little English and no Urdu, have Some topics are harder to broach. “Sometimes I ask if they’d like more As head of the camp management cluster, UNHCR sends out community “We went to Ghazikot camp and saw this boy with no legs, walking on his Able-bodied kids also need protection. In Batagram, where Maidan camp Meanwhile, at Mundihar camp near Mansehra, UNHCR and Best staff are One woman from the sea of multi-coloured shawls agrees: “Yes, we follow This outburst unleashes a wave of mumblings through the crowd. Everyone “I didn’t get the compensation in my hometown because I was here in the “My home fell away in a landslide,” says another woman. “Now the land The community services team doesn’t have enough information to help By Vivian Tan |
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