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When is a refugee no longer a refugee?\u00a0 When does the UNHCR start tapering off on the biweekly food aid?\u00a0 How do refugees, crowded together in camps, or scraping by to live in villages, eke out a living?\u00a0 How does one go from dependence and hopelessness to the joy and fulfillment of taking care of oneself and one\u2019s own family? \u00a0What about the host country? What part can we play in this?\u00a0 Please pray with us for wisdom, for energy, for discernment about how to step in and when to let go.<\/p>\n

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Tshirt reads: Program for aiding the host population and the CAR refugees<\/p><\/div>\n

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UNHCR food aid storage and distribution area<\/p><\/div>\n

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