Darfur Refugee Crisis 2004
Sudan and Chad agreed to disarm militias on both sides of the border in an effort to end fighting that has brought about what aid agencies say is now the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
Sudan and Chad agreed to disarm militias on both sides of the border in an effort to end fighting that has brought about what aid agencies say is now the world’s worst humanitarian disaster.
After five years the ongoing Darfur conflict still forces people to flee their homes and cross the border to find shelter in refugees camps in Chad.
The violence has spread from Sudan to Chad where Arab militias attack villages in Chad as well and more than 120.000 Chadian villagers have fled to IDP (internally displaced persons) camps in the region.
Aids hospice at the Wat Phrabath Namphu temple in Lopburi. Founded in 1992 by a Buddhist monk, more than 10.000 people have died here because of Aids.
Every year on January 7 a colourful procession blocks the central streets of Tbilisi, Georgia as Georgia’s Christian Orthodox community celebrates Christmas ‘Alilo’, collecting gifts for charity on their way.
The Bridges to Fashion festival in Rotterdam focuses on the fashion climates of Turkey and the Netherlands, with special emphasis on the fashion climates of Istanbul and Rotterdam.
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