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Program offers insight on refugees’ experience
Camp at Pinecrest immerses visitors
refugee
The United Nations recommends each refugee should recive six gallons of water each day for drinking, bathing, cooking and any other uses. Typically, a refugee gets about a gallon daily. The average American uses about 100 gallons each day. - photo by Alyssa LaRenzie
They come from countries in distress, fleeing war and persecution. They leave family and loved ones behind, all for a chance at a better life. But often the conditions that await them aren’t much of an improvement.