March 12 2007

Darfur refugees: Children with silent souls

UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visits a refugee camp in Chad

12/03/2007 - Since September 2006, SOS Children's Villages has been helping refugees from Darfur who are now stranded in Chad. At the immense Oure Cassoni refugee camp, where 26,000 people have to live in the harshest conditions in the desert, teams from SOS Children's Villages, led by Yolanda van den Broek, are concentrating on providing support for seriously-traumatised children and women. UNHCR Goodwill Ambassador Angelina Jolie visited some of them with Yolanda at the end of February.

Water is scarce in the refugee camps in Chad - Photo: Y. van den Broek

Photo: Y. van den Broek


Lessons are given in the shadow of a tree - Photo: Y. van den Broek