“The protection of refugees in some parts of the world, especially in Latin America, is critically undermined by the lack of sufficient international visibility and financial support.”
“We are trying to set up 30 helicopters to run 24 hours for the next couple of months for $100 million, and right now we can only run one giant MI26 and eight smaller helicopters, ... We just don't have the money.”
“We are trying to set up 30 helicopters to run 24 hours for the next couple of months for $100 million, and right now we can only run one giant MI26 and eight smaller helicopters. We just don't have the money.”
“In the camps, the malnutrition rates and morbidity increased instantly. Our colleagues from UNHCR [UN High Commissioner for Refugees], they also noticed that sexually-transmitted diseases increased too, like AIDS as some refugees had to turn to prostitution in exchange for food, which is very unfortunate. We also see that there was dropping out rates, increasing dropping out rates in schools, as parents do not send their kids to school anymore because they need them to work, to do dirty labor, and to get some money to buy food.”
