Norwegian photo blogger returned from refugee camps
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See brilliant photos on the blog of the Norwegian peace corps participant Renate Rustand, who has just returned from a 3 month work as an English teacher in the Sahrawi refugee camps in Algeria.
Published 02 July 2009



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