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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 439 Comments 1 Updated 7/07/2009

The Lowdown

When: 20/09/2009 - 27/09/2009
Where: SA
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'll find the replica camp Victoria Square, Adelaide city from 9am-5pm daily.

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.

Other stuff

For Melbournites who are keen the replica camp will be in the Treasury Gardens, Melbourne city from the 3rd October.

Contact information

Fore more information click here.

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Alistair 10-Jul-2009

This is a really cool idea. Are there any plans to bring it to Sydney?



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