Courses offered normally follow the curriculum in the refugees' country of origin. In any refugee camp, a good, reliable source of clean water must be available. In the post-Cold War era, it has become increaasingly difficult to raise funds for the care and maintenance of refugees. It is now essential to try and help refugees become self-reliant at the very first opportunity. The mitigation of environmental damage is one of the priority items in today's refugee situations.
Donors recognize that moderate expenditure can save enormous cost in repairing damaged lands.
Often, a new kind of fear intervenes that of returning to a ruined homeland and starting over again. A large majority of the Somali refugees the pastoral nomads and the affluent have returned spontaneously to their country. The very poor are stuck in refugee camps.