Kikigate Refugee Camp

Girl running toward the camp.

Mary our guide.

The school room/church/Mary's home.

Mary.

Refugee camp resident.

I dont have alot of time so this is going to be a quick blurb. Wow. I just spent three days in Kikigate, one of the ACTS camp areas. Mainly focused on bio-sand water filtration systems, and widows gardens. We have a friend of one of the volunteers visiting Andrea Huncar. She is a reporter for CBC. We found out about a refugee camp that is practically meters away from where we stay. And so she is doing a story on it. She doesn't do photography, so i came along for the pictures. This camp has grown from 220 to 1500 in two months. Many Ugandan citizens have run away to Tanzania to seek more land and a better life, they found land and spent numerous years there, some upto 20. But the Tanzania governemet does not like them "squatting" in there land, and so they have run them out of the country. Now they are left with nothing, and living in mere conditions on barren land. Grass huts are their shelter as we enter the rainy season. So, me and Andrea spent an amazing afteernoon with the people of this refugee camp. They took us around, showing us thier school room/church/meeting area. Showed us the many sick people from the unclean living conditions. They have children dying almost everyday because of lack of nutrition and germs. A very motivated woman named Mary walked us around the camp and translated the situation to us. It was amazing. Like 300 children and even adults followed and crowed around us every where we went.

So Andrea is filling her story this week, and trying for a spread, like a photo essay. Meaning, my photos would be published in the Hamilton Spectator! So please pray. That would be crazy!!