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Volunteers Help Kosovar Refugees in Camps
M. J. Friedrich
JAMA. 1999;282:420-421.
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The refugees I worked with were so kind and caring toward each other, so willing to help, they taught me that humanity can survive in such a situation," Mary Lightfine, RN, an emergency room nurse from Florida who worked as a volunteer with Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontières) in the northern Macedonian camp of Cegrane, recounted recently.
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An aged Kosovar waits outside the Doctors of the World clinic in the Senekos refugee camp. (Photo credit: Cindy Karp)
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A seasoned volunteer, Lightfine has worked in war zones around the globe, including Somalia, where she was shot at, threatened, and held at gunpoint. She arrived in Skopje, Macedonia, aboard a 23-year-old cargo plane on April 8 and spent several days in different camps, including Brazda and Raduchia, and then moved on to Cegrane, where she helped set up the medical program and staff the clinic. She . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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