In the camps of Somalia. we came to know the deadly silence of starvation. It is almost a miracle that a holocaust has not yet occurred. Only a heroic international relief effort and the Somali governments own unyielding commitment stand between the refugees and looming disaster. Mass starvation is being averted. but. as one relief worker told us. "There is no room for error. If we have a major outbreak of communicable disease within the camps. we will have dying. If we have a fuel supply problem that prevents us from trucking food from the ports to the camps. we will have dying. If more refugees than we can handle flee the desert. we will have dying. If the refugees leave the camps in desperation and enter the population centers. we will have dying. And in each case. It could happen on a very. very large scale." Facing impossible odds. relief workersmen and women who are the unsung heroes of our timefight to keep one million people alive.
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