'A footprint means pressing down and global means world, so 'global footprint' means pressing down on the world and we don't want to press too hard' (child's definition of a Global Footprint)

Western Sahara

 
The region that has become known as the Western Sahara has had a long history of invasion and occupation. Over 170,000 people are living in four refugee camps in the harsh Algerian desert. For the last twenty years the Saharawi refugees have been forced to live in tents.

western sahara map

History
Land and People
The Refugee Camps
Schooling
'My Story' by Saharawi Children
Sand Colours Gallery
What YOU can do to help
Links, contacts and resources

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Water can be fresh but never new. All the water in the world, in the ice caps, the oceans, the clouds, in the rivers and under the ground, is about a billion years old. There’s always been the same stock of water on Earth, it just moves around the planet, changing to ice or seawater or rain.

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