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British civilian relief worker with Tear Fund in Bo, Sierra Leone, 1996; student in GB, 1996-1998; relief worker with Medical Emergency Relief International in Vahun, Liberia, 1998
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REEL 1 Recollections of period as relief work with Tear Fund in Bo, Sierra Leone, 1996: return to GB after extended period of relief work aboard, 2015; work with Tear Fund in London including trips to Africa; atmosphere in Bo on arrival; victims of mutilation; co-operation with other international relief agencies; setting up mosquito net scheme to prevent malaria; problems faced for child refugees/orphans; food situation in Sierra Leone; relations between relief organisations and Sierra Leone Government; relations between refugees and displaced persons in Bo camp; degree of threat from insurgents to relief agencies; attitude towards work.
REEL 2 Continues: accommodation; media attitude towards situation in Sierra Leone. Aspects of period as student in Oxford Brooks University, GB, 1996-1998: decision to study for masters degree; relations with other students; nature of dissertation; research experiences of child evacuees at Imperial War Museum Sound Archive. Recollections of period as relief worker with Medical Emergency Relief International in Vahun, Liberia, 1998: background to obtaining position; isolated character of Vahun; status of Sierra Leonean refugees in camp; physical condition of refugees; difficulties of treating starving children; dealing with parents of starving children; setting up therapeutic feeding programme.
REEL 3 Continues: effects of severe malnutrition on children; problems of tuberculosis and malnutrition amongst adults; political situation in Liberia; attitude of Liberian Government Ministry of Health towards relief work; importance of relief work towards writing dissertation; problems of rehabilitating former child soldiers; dealing with gunshot wounds; attitude of population towards aid agencies; living conditions for relief workers; lessons learnt from work; question of vulnerability of young girls in camps; lessons learnt from relief work in field.
REEL 4 Continues: question of importance of learning from past relief work; work in Human Resource Department of organisation in London on return; desire to return to relief work in field; importance of practical experience; nature of organisation.