We used to be given N17, 000 monthly. But it’s been six months since we last received this money. The government shared cards and said they have relocated people back to their villages. Some of us women have not had our husbands with us for up to six years! Some of our husbands are in […]
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If you go to the market, you will see some things meant for us IDPs. Things like school bags, shoes, and other useful things for the children. You will also find antiseptic, towel, and other things in the labour kits. These things are usually shared in the camp but you will also find them in […]
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They have sent at least two people out of the camp. They did it because they refused to share aid materials with some officials. It was the attack that drove us to this place and we have to survive in the camp. My name is Hadiza and I am 22 years old. The way they […]
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We rely on the children for survival most times. It is the children that provide food for us when the one gotten from the government runs out. Our children sew caps so we can sell them and use the money. At night, they use torchlights so they can see what they are sewing. I am […]
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We get two cups of food per child. We are hungry but we will not go back home because there is still Boko Haram there. What I see is that if there is no Boko Haram, we go back home. Since there is Boko Haram we have no choice but to stay here and suffer. […]
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We came to this place during the rainy season and it was tough then. It is still tough now. Before we came here, we spent two weeks at the school in Muna Garage Displacement Camp but the students could not study because of our presence. So, they asked us to find somewhere else to stay, […]
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When some of us go to the bush to fetch firewood, the rest stay home and pray. We know they might never come back and we hope for their return. Boko Haram would chase us away or capture unlucky ones. It is tiring because, at the same time, the children are crying. They are crying […]
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I don’t want to go back home, at least not now. It is not because I love this place so much. It is because I, Atta, know that we will suffer if we go back. The government is talking about relocating us but they should provide for us here instead. There is Boko Haram there […]
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