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...really thought that there was a need and a desire for students here at Harvard listening to the stories of the refugees... to make some sort of effort to lessen their plight," said Clara E. Brillemburg '01, co-president of HRUAI...
Another successful project was the brainchild of a fourth-grade class in Lake Isabella, Calif. The class had been studying trout, an integral but beleaguered species in the area. To educate their community and tourists about the fish's plight, students built a model trout stream, complete with signs describing the trout's life cycle. Their handiwork will now welcome and enlighten thousands of visitors each year...
Since the NATO bombings of Yugoslavia began almost a month ago, members of the Harvard community have expressed concern about the plight of Kosovar refugees in peace vigils, panels and class discussions on Kosovo...
NATO may not be militarily active on the ground in Kosovo, but there is one aspect of the ground war where NATO is pouring in everything it can: the humanitarian battle. The allies are sending everything necessary to Albania and Macedonia -- food, medicine, tents, latrines -- to relieve the plight of the more than 500,000 refugees who have spilled over the Kosovo border in desperation. For now, that battle is being won. "The refugee situation has eased off," reports TIME East European bureau chief Massimo Calabresi. "NATO has rushed in the infrastructure and quickly set up all the nuts...
...roadside on the way to Rozaje. On Friday NATO spokesman Shea reported that a six-mile line of some 25,000 refugees had formed on the border with Macedonia. "We're seeing ladies in slippers, children with no shoes and socks," he said. In Albania the refugees' dismal plight was further prolonged by the authorities' cumbersome registration procedures. Even as refugees flowed over the borders at the rate of 20,000 a day, officials warned of many more ethnic Albanians still displaced from their homes in Kosovo, trapped in the killing fields and unable to make their way out. Last...