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DRC: In search of older people again

By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 16 March 2009 See more by this blogger

I take stock of what I've learned in both the temporary settlements and the official camps. The data available is poor. No one knows how many are still in the villages which won't be accessible to NGOs until security... Keep reading
DRC: Temporary settlements

By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 06 March 2009 See more by this blogger

The day after my beautiful journey through Rwanda, I go to see three temprorary settlements of IDPs (internally displaced people) in Goma's poorest bidon-ville (slum) where the city meets the Nyiragongo volcano. The area's devastatingly eerie. You can see... Keep reading
DRC: In search of older people

By Sarah Marzouk, Posted 03 March 2009 See more by this blogger

Benedicte Vene is a communications consultant who was sent to the DR Congo on a mission to find out why there are so few older people in the displacment camps in Goma and how they are surviving... Bright lights,... Keep reading

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