Tanzania.txt
Tanzania
001: Tanzania/Refugees from Rwanda/Kagenyi camp, Ngara region/Arrival
The civil conflict in Rwanda has left few families intact. Many are headed by single parents,
primarily women.
Photo: UNHCR/24156/07.1994/L. Taylor
002: Tanzania/Refugees from Rwanda/Benaco camp, Ngara region/Environment
If it can be done in a cost-effective way, firewood is supplied to refugee families in order
to reduce the environmental damage caused by the presence of large numbers of refugees.
Photo: UNHCR/25150/05.1995/C. Sattlberger
003: Tanzania/Mass return of Rwandan refugees/Ngara camps region/Departure
Following the Tanzanian Government's decision to close the camps for Rwandan refugees by the
end of 1996, about 100,000 were on the move by 19 December, forming a column that stretched some
43 kms towards the Rwandan border.
Photo: UNHCR/26112/12.1996/R. Chalasani
004: Tanzania/Mass Return of Rwandan refugees/Ngara Area/Departure
Following the Tanzanian Government's decision to close the camps for Rwandan refugees by the end
of 1996, about 100,000 were on the move by 19 December, forming a column that stretched some
43 kms towards the Rwandan border.
Photo: UNHCR/26105/12.1996/R. Chalasani
005: Tanzania/Mass return of Rwandan refugees/Ngara camps region/Departure
An estimated 475,000 Rwandans returned to their country in December 1996. During the 30-km trek
from the camps to the Rwandan border, Red Cross workers provided string so that the children
would not be separated from their family.
Photo: UNHCR/26109/12.1996/R. Chalasani
006: Tanzania/Mass return of Rwandan refugees/Ngara camps region/Departure
An estimated 475,000 Rwandan refugees returned to their country in December 1996. During the 30-km
trek from the camps to the Rwandan border, UNHCR plastic sheeting provided some protection against
the elements.
Photo: UNHCR/26110/12.1996/R. Chalasani
007: Tanzania/Refugees from Zaire/Nyarugusu camp, Kasulu district, Kigoma/Health care
Cholera is endemic in the Kigoma region at this time of the year. UNHCR is taking measures
to contain its spread by improving water, sanitation and shelter facilities in the three holding
centres for new arrivals.
Photo: UNHCR/26135/12.1996/L. Taylor
008: Rwandan refugees in Tanzania
Historical photo set - No. 24: In April 1994, the Rwandan genocide triggered a massive exodus
into Tanzania: Within 24 hours, nearly 250,000 refugees arrived in the Ngara area, seen here in
1995. Worse followed in July 1994, when more than one million Rwandans arrived in Goma, Zaire,
within four days. As many as 50,000 people died of cholera.
Photo: UNHCR/25192/1995/C. Sattlberger
009:Mozambican refugees in Tanzania
Historical photo set - No. 6: One of the more successful operations UNHCR undertook during the
1960s was the rural integration of African refugees in countries of asylum. Seen here is
Rutamba settlement for Mozambican refugees, which was built on government-donated land in Tanzania.
By 1970, Rutamba's 11,500 inhabitants had become self-supporting.
Photo: UNHCR/1018/1968/J. Mohr
010: Tanzania/Refugees from Rwanda/Kitale Camp, Ngale region/Environment
The use of "improved" stoves, which use less firewood than the traditional three-stone fire,
is encouraged in order to reduce the environmental damage caused by the presence of large
numbers of refugees.
Photo: UNHCR/25151/05.1995/C. Sattlberger
011: Tanzania/Mass return of Rwandan refugees/Ngara camps region/Food distribution
An estimated 475,000 Rwandan refugees returned to their country in December 1996. High-protein
biscuits were distributed at way stations and 4 water points were installed along the 30-km
stretch between the camps and the Rwandan border.
Photo: UNHCR/26106/12.1996/R. Chalasani
012: Tanzania/Refugees from Zaire (Dr Congo)/Kigoma hospital/Children
Children and adolescents constitute some 50% of all refugees assisted by UNHCR. In Tanzania,
projects benefitting young refugees include healthcare, health education, as well as tracing
and family reunification for separated children.
Photo: UNHCR/26132/12.1997/L. Taylor
013: Tanzania/Refugees from Zaire/Kibiriti Port, Kigoma/Arrival
Some 100,000 refugees from Burundi and Zaire arrived in the Kigoma area during November-December
1996. Here, Zairean refugees fleeing the fighting in Zaire cross Lake Tanganyika.
Photo: UNHCR/26128/12.1996/L. Taylor
014: Tanzania/Refugees from Zaire/Nyarugusu camp, Kasulu district, Kigoma/Health care.
Cholera is endemic in the Kigoma region at this time of the year. UNHCR is taking measures
to contain its spread by improving water, sanitation and shelter facilities in the three holding
centres for new arrivals.
Photo: UNHCR/26135/12.1996/L. Taylor
015: Tanzania/Mozambican refugees/Rutamba settlement
Photo: UNHCR/960/1968/Jean Mohr
016: Tanzania/Refugees from Rwanda/Ngara, Kagera Region/Arrival
Fleeing ethnic violence, an estimated 250,000 Rwandese swept into Tanzania over a 24-hour
period in the largest and fastest refugee exodus UNHCR has ever witnessed.
Photo: UNHCR/24069/04.1994/P. Moumtzis
017: Tanzania/Refugees from Burundi/Kigoma settlement
Photo: UNHCR/4009/1973/S. Errington
