Thursday, January 29, 2009
what is the biggest disease in africa
the biggest disease in African refugee camps is malnutrition and infested water.malnutrition it is a disease that you get when you don't get enough nutrition because of an poorly balanced diet , and faulty digestion system. Every day 30,000 children die from a combination of disease-infested water and malnutrition," also 20%of African children will die before the age of 5.
facs on refugees
30 percent of the refugees are in africa. nine contries in africa hold more than 100,000 refugees and these contries are poor. 13 million people without homes or displaced are in africa thats more than the worlds displaced people combined
Statistics
* There are over 5 million refugees living in only Africa
*Every year there ae millions of people who are forced to leave there homes and go to a refugee camp
*Every year there ae millions of people who are forced to leave there homes and go to a refugee camp
African Refugee camps

African refugee camps are most of the time flooded and crammed with people trying to make a new start in there life, Even though these are temperary houses . Some camps have places for children like swings and other toys. Around 2,000 tents have been set up and people are still trying to decide if they should set up more. Some times war spreads out through the camps and families are separated and hrt even more. And all of the people that live there have the hope that they will some day get to return to there safe homes with there families and friends.
Tuesday, January 27, 2009
Refugee Families

Refugees in Africa are torn apart from their families because they are in war or just got separated. Some think that life is not bad because they've been there their whole life because their parents are dead and they can't live very well. They are sad and cry every day well some of them do because of their family they cant find. They make it to the refugee camps unless they become child or adult soldiers,
A Day As an African Refugee

Every day is a suggle for a refugee their are 6 million refugees found just on the continent of Africa. It is difficult to get food and water for many of them. And many of them try very hard to have hope to find there lost family members but most of the time they never do. Refugees are often forced to leave some if not all of there belongings beind. Many refugees are children without parents to look after them insted they must look after there younger brothers or sisters.
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