Photo Credit: Refugees International
04/20/2006

The residents of these dilapidated shelters only have deteriorating plastic sheeting to cover their roofs. This makes the shelters unbearably hot during the daytime. The informal camp is located between the Naf River and a highway. The river is expected to flood during the rainy season and could wash away homes and people’s belongings. The highway on the other side has cost some children their lives -- while trying to cross it to play or collect water they have been run over by vehicles. The UN Country Team has declared this site a “humanitarian emergency” because of the poor shelters, quality and access of water, inadequate healthcare, and scarcity of food.