"They're giving away free underwear in the refugee shelters, so some folks don't want to pay money for it."
A great many refugee shelters suffer flooding by waste water in winter.
Back to a home that was just a glorified refugee shelter?
About 37,000 displaced people remain in refugee shelters.
"But we (health workers) have difficulties in taking care of the refugees' health problems because many moved from one refugee shelter to another."
In addition to those in refugee shelters, hundreds of homeless people are living in tents in parks and other open areas.
There were anonymous warnings that if by the weekend, the refugee shelter was not "cleaned up," order would be made.
August 22, Day 1 From about 6:00 p.m. a large crowd begins to assemble in front of the refugee shelter.
Kalkin is also developing 40-by-40-foot versions of the house to be used by the United Nations for refugee shelter.
The Jews allowed their schools to be used as refugee shelters.