The Miskito and Sumo Indians seem to suffer the most. because of the upheaval of their traditional lifestyle. The Rama Indians were used to a completely independent existence in the Jungles. Old shrapnel wounds inflicted when villages were bombed without warning by the Sandinistas are as old as 4 or 5 years and festering in many of the refugees. Many have never received any medical attention and before escaping to Honduras were forced from camp to camp by the Sandinistas. Because Rus Rus is not close to a major town and no highways exist to transport aide. it is the most impoverished of all the refugee camps in Honduras. Only recently a small generator donated by the Civilian Military Assistance group from Alabama runs six electric lights used for three hours at night. A clinic and a hospital made from an abandoned army tent. houses untreated civilians and homeless orphaned children.
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