Refugee camps

What is a refugee camp?

l      A refugee camp is a temporary camp built to receive refugees of war or natural disasters. Hundreds of thousands or even millions of people may live in any one single camp depending on the type of crisis . Usually they are built and run by a government, the United Nations  or international organizations such as the Red Cross.

 

l      People can stay in these camps receiving emergency food and medicinal help, until it is safe to return to their homes.

 

l      Camps are usually located on the edges of towns or cities in a secure area, away from the border, war zones and landmines

 

Refugee live

l      Refugee shelters are made with local materials like wood, plastic , metal sheets, branches etc. The space per shelter is minimum 3.5 square meters (warm climate) or 4.5-5.5 square meters (cold climate).

l      Some camps have a their own water source such as a lake , a river or a well and the shelters shouldn't be no more than 100 meters from that water point.

l      Food distribution can be done at one location or broken up among several (i.e. dividing a population of 20,000 among four distribution points).

  

Food Rations

l      Here is a example of a daily food rations (gpp = grams per person)

 

àRice, wheat or maize                         àSugar 15 (gpp)

    400 (gpp)

 

àBeans, peas or lentils                        àSalt 5 (gpp)

60 (gpp)

 

àVegetable oil or butter oil
25 (gpp)

 

àFortified blended food (i.e. corn soya blend)
100 (gpp)

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