Illogical fear displaces proper, real fear.
The absence of proper lighting in displaced sites raises security concerns and dignity issues for people, particularly women and children, who are obliged to use latrines in the evenings or at night.
The Native Vigilance Committee took up the cases of people displaced without proper compensation, and that committee later merged with other groups fighting for native rights in the Orange Free State.
It stopped short of suggesting a moratorium on new construction, but proposed 26 guidelines for dam-builders, covering such matters as respect for the environment, consultation with local people, proper plans for the displaced, and a genuine cost-benefit analysis.The number of big dams built has fallen in recent years (see chart 7).
"We don't even have a proper shelter," says one displaced villager in frustration.
Of the 470,000 war dead counted by the SCPR, about 400,000 were directly due to violence, while the remaining 70,000 fell victim to lack of adequate health services, medicine, especially for chronic diseases, lack of food, clean water, sanitation and proper housing, especially for those displaced within conflict zones.
Amnesty said displaced Afghans lacked proper shelter, food, water, access to healthcare, employment, and education.
Masyitah spends her days visiting camps, ensuring that displaced families have proper supplies for boiling water and washing.
The photographer, Brad Clift, was being held under house arrest after local officials accused him of taking photographs at a camp for displaced people in Nyala without proper authorization.
But communities in the oil-rich west fear the industry could mean they are displaced from their land without proper compensation.
It is vitally important to ensure that displaced families and children have proper sanitation.
