Madina Farah Yusuf arrived in Dadaab a week ago after walking for 10 days with her seven children. On the way she came across four other young children who had lost their parents. She took them in and brought them all to Dadaab, where they are now taking shelter under a tree:

“We left Somalia in fear our lives. There was so much hunger and war. Bandits robbed us of our food and clothes on the way. I found these four young children as we came. They were on their own as their mother had died of starvation. We brought everyone here (Dadaab) as we thought we could get help. But we stay under this tree. .

“It gets very cold at night, and the children cry. We only have one blanket. It is also unprotected out in the open. I worry that hyenas will attack the children. .