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Out of the Ashes
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The Lives and Hopes of Refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala
出版WOW Campaigns Limited, 1985
主題Social Science / Sociology / General
ISBN09059902349780905990231
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=ldxHAAAAYAAJ&hl=&source=gbs_api
註釋This booklet reproduces and describes some of the work and creativity of refugees from El Salvador and Guatemala. In the first part of the book, refugees tell why they were forced to leave their homes. The situation in El Salvador and Guatemala is then described, together with the number of refugees who have fled these countries and the reception they receive in the countries of asylum. The second part of the publication contains a series of personal reflections on life in the refugee communities. Refugees flee their homes with nothing, leaving most of their possessions behind. Once they cross the border, they settle in refugee camps, in shanty towns in urban areas, some are resettled in farming cooperatives, others try to find sanctuary in the United States. The experiences of refugees in all of these situations are recounted. Wherever they find asylum, the displaced persons and refugees begin to organize themselves and create new communities and it is this aspect that is next covered. The first priority is to organize food distribution and a hygienic sanitation system. Refugee Coordination Committees are established, new huts built for community centres, health and nutrition clinics, a church, etc. In order to become self-sufficient, crops are planted, workshops are set up for producing handicrafts. Providing facilities for education and skills training is also a major priority. Most of the refugees live with the hope of one day returning to their homes and the refugees express these feelings in the final part of the publication. Suggestions are also given on how the reader can help refugees from Central America.