The heat of the mid day.

It is 4.45 in the afternoon, and me and andrea are on our way to arabic classes. Around us it is all quiet, all we can hear are the goats that passes by us. As we cointinue, we realise that we haven´t seen a single car, or a person, or even a child playing. We feel like we are walking through a ghost village, despite the fact that there are more than 60 000 people living here.

The reason for this is the extream heat. From around noon until 6 pm, people normally dont move around outside because the sun is burning at it´s worst at this time of day.

I would guess it is around 40 degrees here in the middle of the day. And this is the time of year where it is supposed to be getting colder! And it is getting colder. But the temperature it used to be 2 months ago are so high that cooler doesn´t mean cool in this part of the world.

The worst months here are the summer months, June, July and August when the temperature gets at least 10 degrees warmer than it is now. I don´t even want to imagine what that must feel like!

The killing heat of the summer months is the reason why over 9 000 Saharawi children flee the camps and go to Spain for 2 months. While Norwegians go to Spain to enjoy the heatm the Saharawis goes there to cool down.

This summer project is called "Vacationes en paz", or hollidays in peace. This gives the children a chance to get away from the rough conditions in the camps, and spend 2 months on holliday with a Spanish family. The children get 2 months of peace each year. Even though the weapons were put down in 1991, people are still living in a conflict situation.