Andy in the camps

Andy is in the camps! He is teaching at Desert Voice Box Academy for 5 weeks. While he is there he will visit Fatimatu and find out more the Vegetable Project plans. He will send us regular video updates of how the camps have changed in the 10 years since he was last there and what life is like living in what has been described as the most inhospitable place on the planet. (Once he gets the hang of the technology)

Boujdour camp and the house and family he is staying with; the water supply; the “garden” and most important the bathroom!
The souvenir shop
To wash or not to wash…
Sahrawi Olympics
tisajuno
First attempt 🙂
Andy has been to see the huge polytunnels which they use to raise chickens at a price the refugees can afford. The vegetable project is planning to use a similar polytunnel to grow the vegetables.
Once maybe twice a year this group visits all the camps,except Rabani as it doesn’t have any proper buildings.kids get very excited .stampede for the bouncy castles!
Wedding going on this afternoon. Musicians having quick tea break whilst still sounding great.
The Road…
Morning walk
Fatimatu’s kitchen
Road Trip
Andy teaching in Stave House
Water! Bit too salty to drink. Also an Italian project that looks after very poorly small kids and babies. It’s all here!
So there is water
The road that even leads to Fatimatu’s house in Smara camp 20 km away!
oxfam project greenhouses
Petrol station where smoking is encouraged. I thought I was reckless not wearing my seatbelt even if there was one that actually worked
Feeding the goats – still cant believe what they eat!!
“Recent wedding .there is a young men’s tent where they all wear jeans and smoke fags,an old boy tent where they put me where you sit around and drink tea and talk about the war,then the womens tent which looks like the place to be. I wasnt allowed in !” Andy’s accompanying comment ????
Well well well ! I didn’t expect this! Mind you no one is playing on it and the family I’m staying with had no idea it was there.

8 thoughts on “Andy in the camps

  1. That’s the most fantastic blog. Really gives us a feel for the tough life out there and the value in what is planned

    1. Hi Chris big moment that first lukewarm bucket wash. Family have cleared off for a three day wedding. I’ve been left in charge of the house school and sole responsible for taming the wild students.

  2. Great information Andy on what life is like. Water’s obviously at a premium. i wonder what the make up of the population is and what they do. The project will make a fantastic difference..

    1. Ah so you’re supposed to reply to these things ! Hi Chuck all dry dusty and bit of tan helped by infrequent washing. So much to talk about when I get back please make sure you stop me at a socially acceptable level. It’s a bit like being in a jack london novel,probably the sea wolf but without the sea. Day 37 and still no sign of beer.

  3. Thanks Andy. This is totally fascinating. Thank you for sharing your experience. I can’t imagine living in such a harsh landscape.

  4. Thanks Andy. Great videos and good to see life in the camps and why the project you and others are working on could make such a difference. A brilliant piece of practical activism.

  5. Enjoyed the woman’s tent blog and the little camel very cute .Hope everything is going well with yourself. I’m sure they wont forget you Andy!

    1. Ah so you’re supposed to reply to these things ! Hi Chuck all dry dusty and bit of tan helped by infrequent washing. So much to talk about when I get back please make sure you stop me at a socially acceptable level. It’s a bit like being in a jack london novel,probably the sea wolf but without the sea. Day 37 and still no sign of beer.

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