Refugees: Real People, Real Needs (Paphos)

Sat Aug 01, 2009 to
Sun Aug 16, 2009

This is an All Day Event

Location

Paphos Archaeological Park
Marina
Paphos, Paphos

UNHCR
Phone: 22359043

Description

Open air photographic exhibition entitled "Refugees: Real People, Real Needs."

In Pafos, the exhibition will be hosted in front of the Archaeological Park along the Marina from 1 until 16 August. The Mayor of Pafos and the Representative of UNHCR in Cyprus will open the exhibition on Saturday 1 August at 7.00 p.m. at the place of the exhibition.

Launched in Nicosia on June 20 the exhibition consists mainly of a selection of the most powerful winning photos of World Press Photo (WPP) shedding light on the situations which create refugees. By putting a face behind the unknown masses of refugees, the exhibition attempts to foster understanding and empathy, to fight prejudices and wrongly built stereotypes about people who were forced to flee their homelands and they are in need of international protection.