Maryam,pictured washing grain while her
husband Ousman Muhammad and children
sit on mats, live at a site of displaced
civilians in Diffa, Niger. The family come
from Baga,Borno State and have been at the
site for 8 months. She said:
We fled our village after Boko Haram
attacked, some of our family members
were killed, my parents were injured.
We were farmers there growing corn
and beans plus we had a small stall.
It's difficult to make a living here.
Before I collect water from a site, we
sometimes had to pay for it and I
would come back and sell a jerrycan
to other families. Now I sometimes
have work unloading cargo from
trucks that arrive at the main station,
I earn about 400 francs per day (less
than one dollar). When we have news
that the situation has stabilised back
home, we will return but for now we
will stay here."
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