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Showing 1 to 20 of 40 for “"Refugee Camp"”.
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Modeling and mapping of MaeLa refugee camp water supply
… to simulate the three-hour intermittent MaeLa refugee camp water supply. In coordination with Aide Medicale Internationale, a field survey and pressure, flow and salt tracer testing were conducted as a basis to model the water distribution system in MaeLa, Thailand. The collected data was …
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Preparing for Uncertainty: Exploring Access to Higher Education in Dzaleka Refugee Camp, Malawi
Against a backdrop of increasingly protracted refugee situations worldwide and on the continent of Africa in particular, education is imperative to facilitate the ability of displaced persons to voice their concerns and ambitions. Drawing on fieldwork carried out in Dzaleka Refugee camp in Malawi …
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Bourj al-Barajneh: the significance of village origin in a Palestinian refugee camp
… with Palestinians from Bourj al-Barajneh refugee camp, Beirut, this thesis examines the importance of village origin in the camp and whether any role played by village origin is the result of deliberate actions by the Palestinians or purely accidental. The pattern of settlement within the …
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Design of water carts as educational and cultural objects in Syrian refugee camp
… has been working with residents of the Azraq refugee camp to develop projects that address the issues of everyday life within the camp. One prevalent problem is the lack of access to water. It is often the duty of children to hike through the desert sands in order to fill their jugs with water …
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Heritagisation, political action and social justice : Palestine’s Dheisheh refugee camp as a world heritage site
… of heritage as a process, and to propose refugee heritage as a counter-narrative for authorised heritage. Its theoretical framework is based on dialectical arguments raised around each emerging question. The dissertation investigates the progression of the concept of heritage and examines …
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A 'Nine-to-Five' Emergency: A politics of time and power in Azraq refugee camp
Much of the scholarship on refugee camps has focused on the spatial politics of such sites, but only a small number of scholars has primarily examined the temporal dimension. While the literature has acknowledged the complex nature of time in these humanitarian spaces, time itself has not often …
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Effectiveness of health education in prevention of diarrhea among the refugess in Osire refugee camp, Namibia
… with the United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHCR) and its Implementing partners has extended Primary Health Care Services to Osire refugee camp and implemented the system jointly. Health education program was introduced and Community Health Promoters (CHPs) were selected from the …
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Understanding the Role of Sport for Development in Community Capacity Building in a Refugee Camp in Tanzania
… program in community capacity building in a refugee camp in Tanzania. The research was accomplished using a qualitative case study approach with 12 key stakeholders involved in the program. The principal method of data collection was a participatory workshop methodology using Laverack’s …
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"it's Only Fellow Refugees Who Assist:" Social Capital, Social Institutions, And Self-Reliance In Kakuma Refugee Camp, Kenya
… have increasingly examined the economic lives of refugees, revealing a wide range of economic activity in displacement. Seeking to promote a neoliberal ethos of self-reliance, policymakers have focused on the role of employment on individual life trajectories. Yet, research also suggests the …
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Understanding African Refugee/Migrant Educational Transitions from Country of Origin to Refugee Camp to the US: Using Life Story Narratives to Compare Educational Experiences
… Comparisons were made between the home country, refugee camp, and the US educational experiences. In this study, the empirical research recognized that US schools made an effort to support newly arrived immigrants by providing ESL, IEP, 504, Bilingual, and Afterschool programs. Many of these …
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Higher Education as a Development Tool: An Impact Assessment in Dzaleka Malawi
… of accredited online diploma programs within refugee camps. When individuals are confined to camps and unable to work and travel in search of economic opportunity, does completing an accredited diploma program improve their quality of life and contribute to their human capital? Can higher …
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Drone Imagery Applied to Enhance Flood Modeling
… Three flood models were run for Dzaleka Refugee Camp, located in Dowa, Malawi. Two of the models (the Soil and Water Assessment Tool (SWAT) and the Hydrologic Engineering Center River Analysis System (HEC-RAS)) are commonly used hydrological-hydraulic based models. The third model, the …
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Children on the move : experiences of children living in a temporary relocation camp in Cape Town, South Africa.
… and the prevalence of violence in Bluewaters Refugee Camp Site C and Symphony Way Temporary Relocation Area. Exploring pathways and patterns of identity, embodiment and experiences of health and illness, and the expressive, revealing quality of theatre, delivered rich data that produced an …
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An evaluation of the nutritional status of refugee children in Namibia
… due to protracted wars, led to an influx of refugees in Namibia since 1992. The peak of the influx was between 1999-2002 when the camp population reached 25,000 people. Among the many challenges faced by these refugees was their health and nutrition. Malnutrition accounted for high levels of …
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Dadaab’s Hidden Ties: How Colonial Legacies and Informal Economies Contribute to Protracted Refugee Situations
<p>Protracted Refugee Situations (PRS) persist despite the founding intentions of the international refugee regime. Explanations behind PRS typically focus on international law, human rights, and security concerns, while the conventional media narrative presents an oversimplification that erases …
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Beyond Vulnerability: Refugee Women’s Leadership in Jordan
… humanitarian crises, 80 percent of the world’s refugees and internally displaced persons are women and children, indicating that women experience conflict and war differently. The emphasis on women’s vulnerability during conflicts and humanitarian crises leads to their exclusion from leadership …
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Why fight : examining self-interested versus communally-oriented motivations in Palestinian resistance and rebellion
… by directly linking values orientations in a refugee camp to professed willingness to participate in resistance or rebellion in two different contexts. Professed willingness to participate in resistance, and especially in violent rebellion, is positively correlated with communal orientation …
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Muslim Brothers or Overstaying Guests? The Reception of Syrian Refugees in Southeastern Turkey
<p>This thesis contextualizes the Syrian refugee issue in Turkey with an analysis of history and political discourse, and data drawn from a fieldwork conducted in Şanlıurfa, Turkey in 2015. The Islamist ruling party has staged a warm welcome for Syrian refugees. Their refugee regime, however, has …
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Media Hegemony: The Portrayal of Rohingya Refugees in the Canadian Print Media
… in Canada. My research emphasizes prioritizing refugee perspectives both theoretically and methodologically, aiming to engage these voices in dialogue with prevalent stereotypes and misrepresentations. My goal is to understand how our perceptions of these migrants are produced and how they …
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