REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY's second tour in Australia has completed!
After an overwhelmingly successful inaugural 2008 tour of REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY in which more than 9,000 Australians experienced the camp in Brisbane, Sydney and Canberra, Médecins Sans Frontières Australia again staged the event in Adelaide and Melbourne late last year with an equally enthusiastic response.
A recreation of a refugee camp and its facilities, REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY aims to create a better understanding of the vulnerability of life for displaced people and refugees who have fled their homes. There are forty two million people throughout the world who are either refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs) and have fled in search of safety from armed conflict. At REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR CITY, their experiences and everyday life are interpreted in free, guided tours led by MSF Australian experienced field workers who have witnessed life in a refugee camp first-hand.
Visit the Refugee Camp in Your City website to learn more about this rare chance to experience firsthand about what happens in a refugee camp.
Ever wondered how you would cope as an Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) field worker?
REFUGEE CAMP IN YOUR WORLD is an interactive experience which allows you to walk in the shoes of MSF field workers. What would you do if confronted with a cholera or measles epidemic, or an influx of 10,000 refugees fleeing conflict?