Conditions in Kapise village, Malawi

Portrait of a 24 year old woman and her child. Over 5.800 Mozambican nationals have camped in the village of Kapise 2 in Malawi after fleeing their homes in Mozambique, the majority of them women, children and the elderly.

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Conditions in Kapise village, Malawi

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF161441

Date taken / Date Recorded 15/02/2016 12:00 AM

Country Malawi

Detailed location MALAWI, AFRICA

Commissioning section MSF-BELGIUM

Photographer / videographer / producer James Oatway

Copyright James Oatway

Usage Rights (MSF) External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Project section OCB

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

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Additional Information / Shotlist Since late 2015 thousands of people have crossed the border from their province of Tete, in Mozambique, to neighboring Malawi, saying they’re fleeing violence in their home country. Whereas Kapise village consists of about 150 families, by mid-February over 5.800 Mozambican people (over 1.000 households) were living in very precarious conditions in the village, 300 meters from the border. The camp is overcrowded, with inadequate resources that are insufficient to accommodate growing numbers of arrivals in terms of space for shelter, sanitation and ease of access to provide reliable humanitarian assistance.

Medecins Sans Frontiers (MSF) has been providing support in the camp since November 2015. The international humanitarian organisation is calling for a more appropriate location to be found that would allow a proper level of services to be delivered to the population.