TUNISIA: Youth volunteers help entertain Libyans fleeing violence in their country

Record ID: 345862

  • Title: TUNISIA: Youth volunteers help entertain Libyans fleeing violence in their country
  • Date: 24th March 2011
  • Summary: RAS JDIR BORDER REFUGEE CAMP, TUNISIA (MARCH 21, 2011) (REUTERS) VARIOUS OF REFUGEES PLAYING GAMES MORE OF REFUGEES GATHERED REFUGEES DRAWING MORE OF REFUGEES PLAYING AND DANCING A REFUGEE WATCHING THE ENTERTAINMENT (SOUNDBITE) (Arabic) TUNISIAN VOLUNTEER, NAHED JAMAL, SAYING: "We're here with the aim to hold activities for those here in this camp, and to lighten their mood against the terrible things that are happening in this region. Our programme is going on for two days, it started yesterday, and we had different activities, and there was a group of journalists from the Tunisian press, and we showed a comedy (film).'' MORE OF DANCING WITH AUDIENCE CLAPPING (SOUNDBITE) (English) REFUGEE FROM NIGER, TENA, SAYING: "About five days ago we are here, so trying to help everybody who will be going home time by time - eat, bathe, come here to listen to music or do something else. Nigeria, Ghana, Niger - many of them are here to dance, to play games, to win a prize so we are happy." TENTS ON THE CAMP MORE OF PEOPLE DANCING
  • Embargoed: 8th April 2011 13:00
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  • Location: Tunisia, Tunisia
  • Country: Tunisia
  • Topics: International Relations,Quirky,Light / Amusing / Unusual / Quirky
  • Reuters ID: LVA25MA36N6RT0TNFXQFDH5BP87H
  • Story Text: A group of Tunisian youth volunteered at the Ras Jdir border refugee camp, where scores of people fleeing from violence in Libya have sought refuge in recent weeks.
    The Tunisian youth, who stayed at the camp for two days entertained refugees with games, sport and music in an effort to alleviate the hardship migrants are undergoing said volunteer Nahed Jamal.
    "We're here with the aim to hold activities for those here in this camp, and to lighten their mood against the terrible things that are happening in this region. Our programme is going on for two days, it started yesterday, and we had different activities, and there was a group of journalists from the Tunisian press, and we showed a comedy (film)," added Nahed Jamal.
    The lively music and laughter coming from the stalls set up by the Tunisian youth drew large crowds who participated in the games and cheered their friends along in the range of activities.
    Tena who is an evacuee originally from Niger said the games had made people in the camp happy.
    "Nigeria, Ghana, Niger - many of them are here to dance, to play games, to win a prize so we are happy," Tena said.
    Some 200,000 migrant workers have crossed from Libya into Tunis in the wake of widespread violence. Many were Egyptian workers most whom have been repatriated.
    Now, thousands of Bangladeshi, Sudanese, Malians, Ghanaians, Somalis and Nigerians await in the camp near the border for their repatriation.
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