Angelina Jolie's Sudan Journal - UNHCR

ills. Feeding center for malnourished children with a rotation. On average thereare 60 children. Some are discharged when they’re strong enough, only to return.Two times a month MSF does a blanket feeding for all of Habila for childrenunder five years. They reach 2,700 children.Here in MSF:4 international staff62 national staff2 doctors (1 expat, 1 Sudanese)In Darfur north, south, east and west:MSF FranceMSF BelgiumMSF SwitzerlandMSF HollandMSF SpainIn some areas emergency needs seem less, so they are able to focus on thecommunity.A gynecologist is coming to help, to start to work and talk with the women. As ofright now, it is difficult to get the women to discuss rape.UNICEF is building another school for IDPs. They have already built three. Thepopulation grew from 7,000 to 20,000 in one year.INTERSOS has us at their guest house for lunch. Very basic. Local women cookfood. I eat and am very grateful for it. I notice they have some pasta. We laugh,even in Sudan – “Italian.” They are a wonderful group of people. They started inChad and came into Darfur months ago.We walk to another office. Here you can walk. Still you are not allowed to walkalone. It is more stable here, but people are still afraid. Women in Habila (IDPs)were raped and told the government. The response to the women was: “I hopeyou will leave the village before the latrine is full.”We pass children. “Hawadi, Hawadi.” one of the UNHCR staff tells me, “At first Ithought they were saying ‘How are you?’, but no. It is ‘white person.’” Little kids, Iwould guess six or seven, walk with jugs of water on their heads. Children workso hard here. All children, not just the displaced. But for displaced and forrefugees it is that much harder.We have a meeting with the community leader. Is he good or bad? I don’t know,but he has control. He is the king of this area. Marcos from UNHCR expresses21