The Belgian committee to support the Sahrawi people is organizing a mission of Belgian civilian observers to the Sahrawi camps.
The Sahrawi people have been waiting for their independence for more than 40 years. Today, the population is separated between the Sahrawis living under Moroccan occupation in the occupied Sahara and the 160,000 Sahrawis living in refugee camps in southern Algeria, where they were able to find refuge from violent Moroccan repression. The population is entirely dependent on humanitarian aid, which is now in constant decline.
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Through this visit and the approach to the living conditions of Sahrawi refugees, the committee wishes to raise awareness among participants of the urgency of resolving the conflict through the implementation of the self-determination referendum and remind the Sahrawi people that they are not forgotten by everyone in the desert.
What is the mission?
Immersion in daily life (accommodation with families)
– Visit to Rabuni (the ministries, the presidency, the central market)
– Meeting with the Sahrawi Red Crescent, and the Oxfam-Solidarity team, (visit to the humanitarian aid dispatching)
– Visits to schools, hospitals, agricultural centers, etc.
– Meeting with local media
– Meetings with the Women’s Union, the Youth Union, the Workers’ Union, etc.
– Meetings with the Human Rights organizations Afapredesa & NOva
– Visit to the Wall
Dates:
From October 19 to 25, 2015
Info and information:
[ophelie.ingaraoat]westernsahara.org / 02 231 01 74
