Eldoret IDP Camp, Kenya
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Photo 1 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINEldoret Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camp. The camp is supported by the Kenya Red Cross and the International Organization for Migration (IOM). -
Photo 2 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINIDP families gather to recieve food aid at the Eldoret showground. Families were displaced following the post election violence that erupted throughout the Rift Valley and the rest of Kenya. -
Photo 3 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINYoung girl cleans rice to prepare at camp. There were more than 100,000 people in IDP camps who were unable to return home due to the violent destruction of their property and homes. -
Photo 4 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINAn IDP person prepares food at the camp that hosts over 14,000 people during post election violence in Kenya. -
Photo 5 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINIDPs line up to collect water at camp show grounds. -
Photo 6 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINChildren continue to fetch water at IDP camp where they sought refuge from post election violence that ran rampant throughout their country. -
Photo 7 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINA young boy carries water back to his tent which has provided essential shelter due to post election violence that left him and thousands of others homeless. -
Photo 8 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINA family makes tea outside their tent at camp. At the height of post election violence at least 350,000 were displaced throughout the country. -
Photo 9 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINPatients wait for treatment in clinic at IDP camp. Many services, including medical care, are available to IDPs in the camps. -
Photo 10 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINA mother and child visit a doctor at Eldoret IDP camp. -
Photo 11 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINChildren in their tent at camp. It is estimated that about 50 percent of IDPs in the Rift Valley Province are children. -
Photo 12 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINDue to poor drainage Eldoret IDP camp has been affected by the onset of the rainy season. -
Photo 13 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINThe rainy season added complications at IDP camps due to the risk of water borne diseases. A man runs and covers from the heavy rain. -
Photo 14 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINA boy drinks rain water while seeking refuge from the heavy down pour. -
Photo 15 of 15Credit: Manoocher Deghati/IRINKenyan President Mwai Kibaki and Prime Minister Raila Odinga made a trip to Eldoret IDP camp. The world is watching to see if the one time political rivals can work together.
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