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DZALEKA REFUGEE CAMP, Malawi, November 8 (UNHCR) – The children filing into the classroom at Dzaleka Refugee Camp occupy all the seats, then overflow onto the floor at the feet of their teacher. Outside, three large tents shelter other classes as workers busily erect four more classrooms.

The school’s population has abruptly risen this year from 1,200 to 1,700 students with the government’s decision to close Malawi’s other refugee camp. The ...

Corrine Chin and a group of other Northwestern students travelled to Dzaleka camp in the winter of 2010. Below is a short video of their first day in the camp. More information can be found at www.refugeelives.org.

Malawi Refugee population swells in Malawi The country has hosted war refugees for decades, with a peak in the late 1980s and early 1990. As war continues in some countries in Africa’s Great Lakes Region, the number of people seeking refuge in Malawi has risen more than tenfold in just under five years. Charles Banda Malawi’s Commissioner for Disaster Preparedness, Relief and Rehabilitation Lucius Chikuni said the refugee population was about 900 in June 1998, but it has now risen ...