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World Vision Finds Condition of Refugee Camps in Pakistan 'Intolerable'

Published in Women's Health Weekly, May 28th, 2009

Temperatures over 100 degrees Fahrenheit, overcrowding, inadequate toilets and a lack of electricity make refugee camps in and around the North West Frontier Province (NWFP) in Pakistan "intolerable," according to relief workers for the international aid agency, World Vision.

"Many children and their families have walked for days to reach camps like this one in Swabi. They have fled the fighting, left behind their livelihoods, and arrived at the camps exhausted and afraid," said Jeff Hall, World Vision's deputy director for advocacy in the Middle East. "Despite the coordinated efforts of the Pakistani authorities, World Vision, and other aid agencies on the ground, we...

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