What is A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE HEART OF THE CITY? Doctors Without Borders
constructed one in Central Park to bring attention to the plight
of the some 30 million who have been forced to flee their homes
worldwide. Now the camp is being moved to Brooklyn’s Prospect
Park, where you can tour it tomorrow through Sunday.

Guided by MSF (Doctors Without Borders) aid workers, visitors to this outdoor educational
exhibit are asked to imagine that they are among the millions of people
fleeing violence and persecution in, for example, Afghanistan,
Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Sudan.

An estimated 33 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes
and live in temporary shelter, with nearly two-thirds of them displaced within
their own countries. The exhibit is made up of materials used by MSF in its emergency
medical work around the world, including emergency refugee housing, a food distribution
tent, water pump, health clinic, vaccination tent, therapeutic feeding center,
and a cholera treatment center. It addresses questions such as: Will I be safe?
What will I eat? How do I find water? Can I get medical care? And where will
I live?

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Related events:

New York:
Anderson Cooper in Conversation with Doctors Without Borders
Thursday, September 21, 6:30 pm
The Great Hall, Cooper Union, 7 East 7th Street at Third Avenue, New York