"Hell on Earth: Life inside a refugee camp in Chad" airs on Saturday and Sunday, 8:30 AM EST on CNN. Dr. Gupta will share his experiences in the refugee camps bordering Darfur in Chad and the measures UNICEF has undertaken to support affected children. He's been blogging about his experiences as well on the 360° blog.
Did you catch it last night, the shot of the UNICEF truck stuck in the middle of a river that had been a highway? Here's what our colleague Kini texted about it:
"You'll see Dr. Gupta doing a stand up from the top of a drowning UNICEF vehicle. Know that I'm in the back seat of that vehicle, up to my neck in water..."
Delivering relief supplies is not easy, but UNICEF makes it happen. I'm hoping to see more of UNICEF in action tonight.
Anderson Cooper gave some harsh stats on the situation in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, but there was one I didn't hear him say that stands out for me:
The DRC ranks 8 out of 194 countries and territories in under-5 mortality.
You can read about what UNICEF is doing to change that at unicefusa.org/drc.
Anderson Cooper 360° is broadcasting from Africa all this week, covering two of the continent’s worst humanitarian crises—the well-publicized situation in Darfur, and the less well-known legacy of years of conflict in the Democratic Republic of Congo.
Dr. Sanjay Gupta, CNN’s chief medical correspondent, is visiting UNICEF programs on the border of Chad and Darfur and in the Democratic Republic of Congo to report on relief efforts for children. To read Dr. Gupta's blog post about his experience in Darfur on Sunday, click here. One of our colleagues is with him, and we're hoping to share some notes from her in the coming days.
Tune in tonight at 10:00 pm EST.
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