Zaire.txt
Zaire
001: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Kasese Camp (km 25), Kisangani region/Health Care
Relief workers struggle to provide aid to the encampments. Feeding centres and communal kitchens
have been set up to care for the severely malnourished children and women.
Photo: UNHCR/27038/04.1997/R. Chalasani
002: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Kasese Camp (km 25), Kisangani region/Health Care
Relief workers struggle to provide aid to the encampments. Feeding centres and communal
kitchens have been set up to care for the severely malnourished children and women.
Photo: UNCHR/27018/04.1997/R. Chalasani
003: Zaire/Refugees from Rwanda/Hongo camp, South Kivu/Deforestation - Environment
Refugees need large amounts of wood for cooking meals and building shelters. This can lead to
the rapid destruction of natural vegetation, especially trees, in the vicinity of the camps.
Photo: UNHCR/24284/12.1994/A. Hollman
004: Zaire/Rwandese refugees/Kibumba camp, Goma region, North Kivu/Shelter
Kibumba houses more than 200,000 refugees. It is the only camp without a water source and must
be supplied by a fleet of 35 tankers bringing 1.5 to 1.6 million liters of water every day.
Photo: UNCHR/24229/12.1994/A. Hollman
005: Zaire/Refugees from Rwanda/Katale camp, Goma region/Food supply
Delivery of high-protein biscuits. Essential food items have to be airlifted because road
transport is too slow.
Photo: UNHCR/24145/07.1994/H.J. Davies
006: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Tingi tingi, near Lubuto, Maniema prefecture/Shelter
Aerial view of the site of Tingi Tingi where some 160,000 Rwandans found temporary refuge in
early 1997 before being forced to move on by the fighting.
Photo: UNHCR/27001/01.1997/C. Bowers
007: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Biaro camp (km 41), Kisangani region/Arrival
In April, more than 80,000 refugees were in two makeshift camps 25 and 41 kilometers south of
Kisangani. Thousands more were huddled in small groups, too weak to move, along the road to
Ubundu.
Photo: UNHCR/27041/04.1997/R. Chalasani
008: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Biaro camp (km 41), Kisangani region/Arrival
Conditions in the makeshift camp of Biaro are extremely difficult. Many refugees lost their lives
due to the prolonged effects of malnutrition, disease and exhaustion. Others bear machete and
gunshot wounds.
Photo: UNHCR/27011/04.1997/R. Chalasani
009: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Kasese camp (km 25), Kisangani region/Children
Cholera is endemic in the region. Isolation and rehydration centres have been set up in the
encampments to prevent its spread, and water chlorination points have been installed in areas
where the refugees collect water.
Photo: UNHCR/27030/04.1997/R. Chalasani
010: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Kasese camp (km 25), Kisangani region/Arrival
Some 100,000 refugees were located in three major sites along the Ubundu-Kisangani road. They
are all that remain of the 200,000 discovered in makeshift camps in Tingi Tingi, Amisi and
Shabunda in December 1996.
Photo: UNHCR/27017/04.1997/R. Chalasani
011: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Kasese camp (km 25), Kisangani region/Close-ups
In April, more than 80,000 refugees were in two makeshift camps 25 and 41 kilometers south of
Kisangani. Thousands more were huddled in small groups, to weak to move, along the road to
Ubundu.
Photo: UNHCR/27020/04.1997/R. Chalasani
012: Zaire/Rwandese refugees/Kamanyola camp, Uvira region, South Kivu/Close-ups
A patient waiting at the camp's dispensary. Like children and the handicapped, elderly people are
especially vulnerable and often neglected in the aid effort.
Photo: UNHCR/24259/12.1994/A. Hollman
013: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Inera camp, Bukavu region, South Kivu/Trades and Skills
Some refugees manage to make a small income by using their skills.
Photo: UNHCR/24251/12.1994/A. Hollman
014: Zaire/Rwandan refugees/Amisi, Lubuto area, Maniema Prefecture/Health Care
The makeshift camp at Amisi provided temporary shelter for some 40,000 Rwandans. They were forced
to move further west in Feb 97 when Amisi was overrun by the ADFL (Alliance of Democratic Forces
for the Liberation of Congo-Zaire)
Photo: UNHCR/27006/01.1997/C. Bowers
015: Zaire/Rwandese refugees/Alfajiri College, Bukavu/Water supply
More than 10,000 refugees set up camp in this college. A supply of clean water was organised
by Medecins sans Frontieres.
Photo: UNHCR/24165/08.1994/H.J. Davies
