Cómo se viven las crisis humanitarias: Médicos Sin Fronteras lo muestra con realidad virtual

26 noviembre 2018
A man arrives in torrential rain at a border crossing on the Naf river, near Teknaf, September 19, after fleeing Myanmar. More than 507,000 Rohingya have fled to Bangladesh from Rakhine State in Myanmar following an escalation in violence on 25 August. The most recent wave of Rohingya refugees has added to the hundreds of thousands of Rohingya who fled across the border in previous years. Most of the newly arrived refugees have moved into makeshift settlements without adequate access to shelter, food, clean water, or latrines. With little potable water available, people are drinking water collected from paddy fields, puddles, or hand-dug shallow wells which are often contaminated with excreta. At MSF’s clinic in Kutupalong, 487 patients were treated for diarrhoeal diseases between 6 and 17 September. Food security in and around the settlements is also incredibly fragile: newly arrived refugees are completely reliant on humanitarian aid, prices in the market are skyrocketing and the lack of roads is compromising access to the most vulnerable populations. A massive scale-up of humanitarian assistance in Bangladesh is needed to aid the Rohingya refugees and avert a wider public health disaster.

La organización Médicos Sin Fronteras presenta por primera vez en Montevideo “Seguir con vida”, una experiencia de realidad virtual para acercar el drama de los refugiados.

La acción incluye videos 360º para ponerse en la piel de las personas que viven atrapadas en crisis humanitarias en lugares como Bangladesh y Sudán del Sur o huyen a través del Mar Mediterráneo.

En Al Pan Pan recibimos a Carolina Heidenhain, directora de comunicación de la oficina de Médicos Sin Fronteras para los países de América del Sur, que nos contó sobre esta actividad que se puede visitar desde el lunes 26 al viernes 30 de noviembre en la Plaza Cagancha.

Las gafas de realidad virtual están disponibles de 10 a 13 hs y de 14 a 17 hs.

 

Aquí se puede ver uno de los videos en 360° de Médicos Sin Fronteras.

Foto: Médicos sin Fronteras.