The following set of photographs is a visual account of the desperate situation of newly-arrived Afghan refugees in Jalozai, Pakistan. In early January 2001 tens of children died as a result of a bitter cold wave. The Afghan Women's Mission made an emergency appeal for donations to provide blankets for the refugees. For more information about the Jalozai refugee camp please click here.

January 2001- Thousands of make-shift tents are the only form of shelter available to the thousands of Afghan refugees that fled to the Jalozai camp.