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Visiting refugee camps in Ethiopia – Day 3


March 21, 2011
By George Rupp

Adi Harush is the newest refugee camp in the area of northern Ethiopia I visited.

Photo: Allen Moore/IRC

New refugee camps

  • A landscape of hills in northern Ethiopia
  • George Rupp walks toward a temporary classroom in the refugee camp.
  • Fifth-grade children sit in a temporary classroom in the refugee camp
  • George Rupp talks to a fifth grade class at the refugee camp.
  • A teacher stands in front of her class in teh refugee camp.
  • Houses at Mai Aini refugee camp, with hills in the background.
  • George Rupp stands with members of the refugee camp's women's association.
  • IRC social workers: They support Eritrean women in the refugee camp.
  • A small child stands in front of a row of tents at Adi Harush refugee camp
  • George Rupp speaks with refugee from Eritrea Adi Harush refugee camp.
  • George Rupp and the delegation pose with IRC staff in Mai Aini refugee camp
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IRC president George Rupp shares photos of his March 2011 visit to two relatively new refugee camps in northern Ethiopia, Mai Aini and Adi Harush, which serve as a temporary home for families who fled conflict in neighboring Eritrea.

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New refugee camps

  • A landscape of hills in northern Ethiopia
  • George Rupp walks toward a temporary classroom in the refugee camp.
  • Fifth-grade children sit in a temporary classroom in the refugee camp
  • George Rupp talks to a fifth grade class at the refugee camp.
  • A teacher stands in front of her class in teh refugee camp.
  • Houses at Mai Aini refugee camp, with hills in the background.
  • George Rupp stands with members of the refugee camp's women's association.
  • IRC social workers: They support Eritrean women in the refugee camp.
  • A small child stands in front of a row of tents at Adi Harush refugee camp
  • George Rupp speaks with refugee from Eritrea Adi Harush refugee camp.
  • George Rupp and the delegation pose with IRC staff in Mai Aini refugee camp
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IRC president George Rupp shares photos of his March 2011 visit to two relatively new refugee camps in northern Ethiopia, Mai Aini and Adi Harush, which serve as a temporary home for families who fled conflict in neighboring Eritrea.

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I have been visiting refugee camps in northern Ethiopia with my wife Nancy, International Rescue Committee (IRC) board member Allen Moore, and the IRC’s country director in Ethiopia, David Murphy.  

Today I visited two more camps. Unlike Shimelba, Mai Aini and Adi Harush are relatively new. Mai Aini was established in 2008 and has a population of more than 12,000 Eritrean refugees. Adi Harush is in its earliest start-up phase and faces many challenges. Eritreans have been crossing into neighboring Ethiopia ever since the border war between the two countries, which lasted between1998 and 2000.

Here are some photos and impressions from my visit to the two camps. 

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god be with my beautiful

Submitted by anteneh (not verified) on June 30, 2011 - 7:01pm.

god be with my beautiful country Ethiopia!

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