Brendan Gormley
Chief Executive, Disasters Emergency Committee
DEC Chief Executive Brendan Gormley writes about his recent visit to East Africa to the Dadaab refugee camp. He travelled with UK Secretary of State for International Aid, Andrew Mitchell, and the Head of Save the Children, Justin Forsyth.
A visit to East Africa and the Dadaab refugee camp
Posted 3 August 2011
As you fly over this arid, dry and dusty land the vast expanse of tented shelters sprawling across the horizon immediately captures your attention. There are almost 400,000 people - a number equivalent to the entire population of Bristol - residing in these settlements. On the drive towards the camps of Dabaab you see many [...]
