White Tents? Long Meadow near GAP?

quijibo

has anyone else seen these white tents on the long meadow new GAP this morning – what are they?

steve

It's doctors without borders. Here's the boilerplate from their site.

What is A REFUGEE CAMP IN THE HEART OF THE CITY?

Guided by MSF aid workers, visitors to this outdoor educational exhibit are asked to imagine that they are among the millions of people fleeing violence and persecution in, for example, Afghanistan, Colombia, the Democratic Republic of Congo, or Sudan.

An estimated 33 million people around the world have been forced to flee their homes and live in temporary shelter, with nearly two-thirds of them displaced within their own countries. The exhibit is made up of materials used by MSF in its emergency medical work around the world, including emergency refugee housing, a food distribution tent, water pump, health clinic, vaccination tent, therapeutic feeding center, and a cholera treatment center. It addresses questions such as: Will I be safe? What will I eat? How do I find water? Can I get medical care? And where will I live?

Prospect Park, Brooklyn ( map)
Wednesday, September 20 - Sunday, September 24
9:30 am to 6:30 pm daily
Location in Prospect Park: Long Meadow at Grand Army Plaza
http://www.doctorswithoutborders.org/education/refugeecamp/index.cfm

quijibo

wow. that's reallly cool.
have to check it out this weekend!

raw

quijibo wrote: wow. that's reallly cool.
have to check it out this weekend!

I hope to get there before the park closes tonight!

quijibo

raw wrote: [quote=quijibo]wow. that's reallly cool.
have to check it out this weekend!

I hope to get there before the park closes tonight!
i was there yesterday. really cool exhibit
it takes about 40 minutes to go through the whole thing

i didn't know there are almost 3 million refugees in Colombia.
and in the Sudan over 5 million

dailyheights

I found this from cut_paste: