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A Refugee Camp in the Heart of the City exhibit in San Francisco

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM - Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 5:30 PM (PT)

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A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE HEART OF SAN FRANCISCO
A Doctors Without Borders Exhibit
Wednesday, October 15 - Sunday, October 19
9:00 am - 5:30 pm
A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE HEART OF THE CITY is an outdoor, interactive, educational exhibit made up of the actual materials used by Doctors Without Borders in its emergency medical work around the world. The exhibit asks visitors to imagine what it is like to be one of the world's 33 million refugees or internally displaced persons (IDPs) forced from their homes by war or conflict.

Aid workers act as guides, demonstrating the various types of temporary shelter that refugees and IDPs may build for themselves, how they find food, how Doctors Without Borders implements vaccination programs, runs clinics to provide basic health care, treats malnutrition, and secures clean water sources and sets up latrines to prevent epidemic outbreaks. They discuss the dangers that are often commonplace in camps, and the impact of displacement on mental health. The exhibit also includes photographs from leading photojournalists who have worked alongside Doctors Without Borders in emergency zones around the world.

The exhibit is free and wheelchair accessible.
To better accommodate schools and community organizations, we require groups of 15 or more to pre-register for a reserved time. Groups with more than 20 participants will be divided into smaller groups.

Individuals are welcome to come to the exhibit without reservations.

The exhibit is a guided tour only and it takes up to 60 minutes.
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Please complete the registration form; begin by selecting the total number of people in your group under the "Quantity drop-box". You will be contacted by MSF staff within a week to confirm your application has been received.

The scheduling process will begin in September. We will do our best to accommodate all requests but due to time/space constraints, scheduling is on a first come, first served basis.

If you need to reach us, please call us at 1.800.490.0773 or by email at refugeecampgroups@newyork.msf.org

Thank you for your interest in visiting our Refugee Camp Exhibit in San Francisco!

When

Wednesday, October 15, 2008 at 9:00 AM
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Sunday, October 19, 2008 at 5:30 PM (PT)

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Where
Little Marina Green Park
Marina Boulevard and Lyons Street
San Francisco, CA 94123



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Doctors Without Borders

Doctors Without Borders/Medecins Sans Frontieres (MSF) is an independent international medical humanitarian organization that delivers emergency aid to people affected by armed conflict, epidemics, natural or man-made disasters, or exclusion from health care in more than 70 countries. For more information, please visit www.doctorswithoutborders.org.


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