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Kalma refugee camp near Nyala in Darfur, Sudan. MSF Doctors without Borders - January 17th, 2006 - Many men, women and children flock to the MSF (Medicins sans Frontiers/Doctors without borders) treatment center in Kalma IDP camp near Nyala in Darfur, Sudan. According to project coordinator Ellen Enderle, most illnesses treated, are colds, flu, aches and pains, infections in wounds, respiratory complaints, OBGYN and other pshysomatic illnesses. According to her, many people have lost most of their families and are left to care for what is left, resulting in some psychosomatic conditions. According to Enderle, malnutrition does not seem to be a problem anymore. According to her, the greatest issue that has been developing, is the one of rape. Many women have to gather firewood and in order to do this, have to leave the camp and walk many kilometers to an area where firewood can be found. Away from the confines of the IDP camp, janjaweed and militants wait for young women to walk by and then proceed to rape them. According to Enderle this happens more than once a week. Girls as young as 12 years old have been treated at the MSF center for rape. The problem also exists that women need to report rape to the police, but in according to local law need 4 witnesses, or face being charged with adultery. Because of this law, numbers of rape cases cannot be accurately stated, since most are probably not reported. MSF has managed to negotiate a way for women to first seek medical help before doing a police report, since rape victims need to be treated within 72 hours in order to prevent complications. Enderle is hopeful of finding a way to solve this problem. Part of it has been for the military to patrol the area regularly, but one never knows how thoroughly it is done, since the seriousness of it is considered a problem invented by MSF. Photo by Wally Nell/EPA.

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Kalma refugee camp near Nyala in Darfur, Sudan. MSF Doctors without Borders - January 17th, 2006 - Many men, women and children flock to the MSF (Medicins sans Frontiers/Doctors without borders) treatment center in Kalma IDP camp near Nyala in Darfur, Sudan. According to project coordinator Ellen Enderle, most illnesses treated, are colds, flu, aches and pains, infections in wounds, respiratory complaints, OBGYN and other pshysomatic illnesses. According to her, many people have lost most of their families and are left to care for what is left, resulting in some psychosomatic conditions. According to Enderle, malnutrition does not seem to be a problem anymore. According to her, the greatest issue that has been developing, is the one of rape. Many women have to gather firewood and in order to do this, have to leave the camp and walk many kilometers to an area where firewood can be found. Away from the confines of the IDP camp, janjaweed and militants wait for young women to walk by and then proceed to rape them. According to Enderle this happens more than once a week. Girls as young as 12 years old have been treated at the MSF center for rape. The problem also exists that women need to report rape to the police, but in according to local law need 4 witnesses, or face being charged with adultery. Because of this law, numbers of rape cases cannot be accurately stated, since most are probably not reported. MSF has managed to negotiate a way for women to first seek medical help before doing a police report, since rape victims need to be treated within 72 hours in order to prevent complications. Enderle is hopeful of finding a way to solve this problem. Part of it has been for the military to patrol the area regularly, but one never knows how thoroughly it is done, since the seriousness of it is considered a problem invented by MSF. Photo by Wally Nell/EPA.