Kati ya Watu Milion 60 «Kuna kitu unakijua HAPO unataka wenzako tuwe wakimbizi Kukijua"
Fatima Adam Muhammad fled El Geneina in June 2023 after her teenage son was killed. She and her four surviving sons have found refuge at Aboutengue refug
It was a 3 days walk from there with no water or food.
"My name is Hamadi Abdalla Mahitula and I spent about 15 years in the refugee camp. There were many camps in Kenya, but I spent the most time in the camp that was in Dadaab and I can talk about what problems and how much I struggled there. When I went to Kenya, I left my daughter and my mom. I went to Dadaab with my wife and son and we lived there for 3 years. One very early morning a man came to me and said that my mother and daughter were walking from Dhoobleey to Dadaab to join me. It was a 3 days walk from there with no water or food. I felt so much pain thinking about them suffering. I thought, if I don’t save them today, they might die. I gathered water in large fuel containers, cooked beans and corn to share, and packed everything in a cart. I walked for two days until I found my mother and daughter and young grandson. The boy was very dehydrated and we could only see the whites of his eyes. I thought he was dead. The women gave him urine to drink. Many of the other women were suffering so bad from dehydration that they had no urine left to give their children to drink. I passed out many cups of water to the young ones and the women. With help from other refugees and some young boys, I pushed the cart back with the women and young ones all the way to the Dadaab hospital. UNHCR gave us food and medication. Two years later, my mother died. I felt like the world came to an end, but my love for her continued.”
Hamadi Mahitula
Conflicts always produce more internally displaced individuals than refugees. While there are approximately 32 million refugees worldwide, the number of internally displaced persons (IDPs) globally is nearly double at 63 million. The internal displacement situation in Gaza today is unprecedented,
With a population of nearly 600,000, the settlement near Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh is the largest refugee camp in the world.Credit...United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees
Two thirds of the 7.5 million Ukrainian children have become displaced in the last year. Here at the Pro Valoare Refugee Centre in Moldova, these children and their families are learning to rebuild their lives again after they were disrupted by violence. Photo: Christopher Lete