Tuesday 1 March 2022

DROUGHT FORCES FAMILIES TO FLEE THEIR HOMES TO FIND SHELTER IN CAMPS FOR THE INTERNALLY DISPLACED PEOPLE

In Somaliland, desperate families are migrating in droves in search of food, water, and pasture for their weakened animals.

Burao, Somaliland: At Nabad iyo Nasiimo camp for Internally Displaced People (IDP) just outside Burao town, Ayan Hersi watches forlornly as her in-law, Abdi Igge, sets sticks in holes he has dug and interweaves them with a secondhand plastic sheet to create a makeshift shelter.

Hersi and her two-children arrived at the camp in the dead of night from Fadumo, 100 kilometers away. She is the latest among 300 families that have been displaced by drought in the last three months and have found refuge at the camp.