explore: Darfur - Quest for the Human Spirit

June 06, 2012 from explore.org

Over 100,000 internally displaced people populate the Gereida refugee camp in Darfur, Sudan. Providing them with food and medical treatment is a monumental undertaking. Filmmaker Charlie Annenberg travels to Gereida to explore the efforts of the UN's World Food Programme and the medical NGO Merlin to make life livable in Darfur's largest refugee camp.

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Darfur

Darfur is a region in western Sudan. An independent sultanate for several hundred years, it was incorporated into Sudan by Anglo-Egyptian forces in 1916. The region is divided into five federal states: Central Darfur, East Darfur, North Darfur, South Darfur and West Darfur. Be... Explore this topic

Internally displaced person

An internally displaced person is someone who is forced to flee his or her home but who remains within his or her country's borders. They are often referred to as refugees, although they do not fall within the current legal definition of a refugee. At the end of 2006 it was es... Explore this topic

Sudan

Sudan, officially the Republic of the Sudan and sometimes called North Sudan, is an Arab state in North Africa and the Middle East bordered by Egypt to the north, the Red Sea to the northeast, Eritrea and Ethiopia to the east, South Sudan to the south, the Central African Repu... Explore this topic

Refugee camp

A refugee camp is a temporary settlement built to receive refugees. Hundreds of thousands of people may live in any one single camp. Usually they are built and run by a government, the United Nations, or international organizations, or NGOs. Refugee camps are generally set up ... Explore this topic

Non-governmental organization

非政府组织是一个不属于政府、不由国家建立的组织，通常独立于政府。虽然从定义上包含以营利为目的的企业，但该名词一般仅限于非商业化、合法的、与社会文化和环境相关的倡导群体。非政府组织通常是非营利组织，他们的基金至少有一部分来源于私人捐款。现在该名词的使用一般与联合国或由联合国指派的权威非政府组织相关。由于各国文化、法律等的差异，不同国家对这个概念的指称所适用的对象范围也各不相同。美国一般称之为“非营利组织”、“独立组织”或“第三部门”，英国称之为“志愿组织”，还有许多国家则用“社团”称之。由于一些人认为“非政府组织”被滥用了，因为它可以涵盖一切非政... Explore this topic

World Food Programme

The World Food Programme is the food assistance branch of the United Nations, and it is the world's largest humanitarian organization addressing hunger. WFP provides food, on average, to 90 million people per year, 58 million of whom are children. From its headquarters in Rome... Explore this topic

United Nations

The United Nations is the world's largest, foremost, and most prominent international organization. The stated aims of the United Nations include promoting and facilitating cooperation in international law, international security, economic development, social progress, human r... Explore this topic

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Annenberg Foundation

The Annenberg Foundation is a family foundation that provides funding and support to non-profit organizations in the United States and around the world. Some of the Foundation's core initiatives are the 'Annenberg/Corporation for Public Broadcasting project, which funds many e... Explore this topic

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