Urban Acupuncture and Refugee camps

Muhammad Abbasi, Jiyda Moussa, Samer YounisHelping Refugees withUrban Acupuncture

Camp of Tindouf

200,000 refugees

8 million mines

Refugees for 40 years

2,700 km wall separating East and West

Half of the children are malnutritioned

No life can be sustained without foreign aid.

Most refugee live in tents

NO water, NO agriculture

Temperature above 50°C

NO hospital

ONE 'school' for 200,000 refugees

Displaced since

1975

Water distrubutionsystem

Immediate Solutions to 3 major human needs

Access to water

Education viatraditional poetry

EducationMalnutrition

kitchen supported by mothers

of the community

Start a movement

Addressing the immediate concerns

Small-scale affordable projects

urban acupuncture

Creating discussion platforms

Community-based

sustainable

Taking advantage Of traditional practices

And so on ...

Small changes that resonate

Grass-rootchange

Trigger

Network of small projects

urban acupuncture

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Multiple simultaneous, quick low-costprojects

The grouping of these interventions in thesame camp creates a network of change and a

transformation of the area as a whole.

chain reaction

Market Research

HOW?

BALANCE

necessary help

creative approaches

RefugeeTourism

Numerous videos show refugee’s creative approaches to generateawareness.

Fine balance between tradition and modernity.

Refugees bring tourists to generate

revenue and raise social awareness

With primary research, refugees critical needs are lack of food, water, and education

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Implementation plan

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