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This blog will be an account my life working in a Refugee camp in Northern Zambia called Mwange. For the next year, I will be working for Right to Play, a sport and development organization based out of Toronto. What follows will be a life altering experience. Stay tuned....
Wednesday, June 01, 2005
May 12th
The highlight of today was a feast at the UN offices organized for the arrival of the Head of the South African Desk of UNHCR who is visiting Mwange. This was a big deal as was evidenced by the presence of the District Commissioner for the Northern Province (the top politician in the area) who presented himself at the feast. The UNHCR rep (by the name of Dr. Mohammed) has just been appointed to the job after completing a stint as head of the refugee project in the Sudan. He spoke a lot about the conflict in the Sudan and the presence of some 3000 NGO's in Darfur - total confusion! I spoke to the doctor about what RTP was doing within the camp and he gave us some great suggestions on how to strengthen the program.
From Mporokoso, the doctor was proceeding to Angola, DRC and Rwanda, to tour all the UNHCR camps within his mandate. I'm getting used to these official "dinners" and the speeches, formalities and procedures that go along with them. For those reading this who know me well, you can probably see me kissing some serious ass at functions like these - who knows, could lead to an opportunity somewhere down the line.
