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Refugee camp in your city

What is it like to live in a refugee camp? Medecins Sans Frontiers (Doctors Without Borders) have used their fieldwork experience to recreate a refugee camp in capital cities around Australia.

Submitted 5/09/2008 By zazzu Views 0 Comments 0 Updated 15/09/2008

The Lowdown

When: 1/09/2008
Where: NSW
Costs:

What’s involved?

Visit the refugee camp recreated with the real materials used by MSF.

You'll experience how food is distributed, how people are sheltered in a refugee crisis, and learn about the dangers that are commonplace in camps.

You can visit the camp between the 5-9 September at Sydney Olympic Park, or 13-17 September at Martin Place.

Why should people do this?

By visiting the Refugee camp in your city, you'll be able to get a better understanding of the vulnerable life refugees lead.

Contact information

Check out http://refugeecamp.msf.org.au/refugee-camp/ for more information.

I want to do this!

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