Libya Calling

An Egyptian man who fled the unrest in Libya talks on a phone provided by Telecom sans Frontiere (TSF) at a refugee camp near the Libyan and Tunisian border crossing of Ras Jdir March 1, 2011. (REUTERS/Zohra Bensemra)

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Anonymous

“Telecom sans Frontiere”

There are bad things in this world. But, sometimes, I love humanity so much I just want to cry.
French Blue

“Tell the folks back home
This is the Promised Land calling
And the poor boy’s on the line”
Anonymous

Hi, someone fron TSF here, currently in Tunisia. We don’t and never will wear gloves while handling refugees. The hand you see here is from a Red Crescent volunteer who came to help us out. And they didn’t want to wear the gloves either but they had orders from their HQ… Some of them refused to wear them, some didn’t want to make a fuss. So don’t judge too fast when seeing a picture, there are always facts that you are missing ;)
Anonymous

i love it.
Bradford

It’s great that people are getting to be in contact, and that someone is willing to help them do that.

But I hate that this guy is wearing rubber gloves, like he doesn’t dare touch any of the people he wants to help. I’ve worked in refugee camps, and that’s totally unnecessary. You wash your hands at the end of the day, and until then you treat people like people, not exotic, potentially-diseased specimens.

There would be a bit more humanity in this scene if the the TSF guy didn’t act like refugees all have cooties.
- Anonymous
  
  Way to jump to some conclusions, there, Bradford.
Anonymous

An Egyptian man fleeing Libya? Dude can’t catch a break.