Saturday, March 17, 2007
Displaced Colombians Struggle to Survive in Urban Slums - Doctors Without Borders
... Often forced at gunpoint to abandon most of their worldly possessions and their way of life, displaced Colombians have had to make a difficult transition to urban slums where poverty, disease, and violence make daily life extremely hard.
"Currently, we are living with my sister-in-law, who is also displaced," one Soachan resident told MSF. "She has five children. Her six-month old baby is sick–he has lost weight–and she does not work every day. We all sleep in the same room. There are ten of us and we pile on top of each other. The only one working, although intermittently, is my sister-in-law. She supports us all. Some days we have no food for our children and we just stay here looking at each other. I feel ashamed but I hope the situation changes. My sister-in-law has been displaced for two years and I came with my daughters a month ago and my husband followed a month later. We have been told we will receive some aid in a month's time." ...
... Often forced at gunpoint to abandon most of their worldly possessions and their way of life, displaced Colombians have had to make a difficult transition to urban slums where poverty, disease, and violence make daily life extremely hard.
"Currently, we are living with my sister-in-law, who is also displaced," one Soachan resident told MSF. "She has five children. Her six-month old baby is sick–he has lost weight–and she does not work every day. We all sleep in the same room. There are ten of us and we pile on top of each other. The only one working, although intermittently, is my sister-in-law. She supports us all. Some days we have no food for our children and we just stay here looking at each other. I feel ashamed but I hope the situation changes. My sister-in-law has been displaced for two years and I came with my daughters a month ago and my husband followed a month later. We have been told we will receive some aid in a month's time." ...
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