International Medical Corps
Afghanistan, November 2009
As winter sets in to Afghanistan, thousands of Afghan Refugees who were forced to return from camps in Pakistan last year, face months of freezing temperatures with little to protect them. The International Medical Corps (IMC) with whom I traveled to Jalalabad with are offering free medical care, and for many this is the only support they receive.
The IMC have also been offering a free vaccination service as the majority of returnees have never received basic vaccines.
A young woman listens to a Health education talk at Woch Tangai Health Center that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.
Noorbibi poses for a photograph with one of her daughters outside her shelter that her family have been living in since returning from Pakistan last year in Chomtala camp for returnee refugees, in Jalalabad Afghanistan, on the 16th November, 2009. The International Medical Corps (IMC) have two newly constructed health clinics in Chomtala and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.- Kochay Serba poses for a photograph outside her shelter that her family have been living in since returning from Pakistan last year in Chomtala camp for returnee refugees, in Jalalabad Afghanistan, on the 16th November, 2009. The International Medical Corps (IMC) have two newly constructed health clinics in Chomtala and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Kochay Serba poses for a photograph outside her shelter that her family have been living in since returning from Pakistan last year in Chomtala camp for returnee refugees, in Jalalabad Afghanistan, on the 16th November, 2009. The International Medical Corps (IMC) have two newly constructed health clinics in Chomtala and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Women and a baby pose for a photograph in Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees, in Jalalabad Afghanistan, on the 16th November, 2009. The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Children play on a hill in Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees, in Jalalabad Afghanistan, on the 16th November, 2009. The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young woman listens to a Health education talk at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young woman holds her first born baby that she has taken for a checkup at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young girl receives a polio vaccination as part of a 3 day nation wide vaccination campaign throughout at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Salgi Azizi gives a health education talk about the importance of vaccinating their children as part of a 3 day nation wide vaccination campaign throughout at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Gulmana waits with her granddaughter and other women and their children to see at doctor at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young boy has his chest examined by a doctor at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young girl waits with her mother to receive a polio vaccination as part of a 3 day nation wide vaccination campaign throughout at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Women wait with their children to be vaccinated as part of a 3 day nation wide vaccination campaign throughout at Woch Tangai Health Centre that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young girl receives a polio vaccination as part of a 3 day nation wide vaccination campaign throughout at Woch Tangai Health Center that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A 15 year old girl receives a tetanus injection prior to getting married as part of a 3 day nation wide vaccination campaign throughout at Woch Tangai Health Center that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Women and their children wait to see a midwife at Woch Tangai Health Center that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young boy waits with his mother who is attending a talk on the importance of vaccination that was part of a three day nationwide vaccination campaign at Woch Tangai Health Center that is run by the IMC in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- The family of Sulaman and Gulmana stand in their home that they have built since returning from Pakistan a year ago in the Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees near Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Gulaman cooks a meal for her family of 20 people with her niece standing behind at their make shift house that they have lived in for a year, at Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Gulaman cooks a meal for her family of 20 people at their make shift house that they have lived in for a year, at Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young girl and her baby brother stand next to their families latrine at Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- A young boy stands outside of his family's make shift house that they have lived in for a year, at Woch Tangai camp for returnee refugees in Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- The neice of Sedamin poses for a photograph in her family's tent that is their home since returning from Pakistan in Woch Tangai camp near Jalalabad Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
- Gulmana's daughter holds her baby at their family's shelter in Jalalabad, Afghanistan on the 16th November, 2009.The International Medical Corps (IMC) have run a health clinic in Woch Tangai for the last four years and for many returnees it is the only support that they have received.
