September 28, 2005


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    "Five minutes, however, is not enough time for me to convey to you what daily life is like for people in Darfur. How can I convey how a woman living in a camp feels when she goes out each day to fetch firewood knowing that she may be attacked, robbed, beaten, or even raped? How can I tell you what it is like for her to then rush back not to miss the general food distribution, if it is even happening, then cook the food while also not forgetting to bring her sick child to the feeding center? And on the side, she will be trying to earn some money by making bricks, or collecting wood or water, all of this while taking care of her entire family as she is the head of the household. How can I convey any of this to you in f  i v e
    m   i   n   u  t  e   s  ? "

    -Dr. Nathalie Civet, Head of Mission, Sudan
    Médecins sans Frontières (MSF)
     
     
     
     

     

     

     

    "Here we see an old lady sitting under a tree - an old Sudanese lady who
     fled     the Darfur region in Sudan but actually she is not alone. When we
    arrived     there in the Tine 3 refugee camp, she was sitting there with her
    entire family,     well what remains of her family..." 

     -Peter Casaer/Chad/January 2004