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A young Burundian refugee girl walks to the Kalobeyei Primary School in Kakuma refugee camp. UNHCR officials are struggling to meet the needs of the camp’s growing population, with schools being amongst the most overwhelmed of social services. Kakuma, Kenya.
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Amel, age 45, throws her hands up indicating she and her family of new arrivals have not received food at a food distribution. New arrivals are required to register before receiving humanitarian support. Over 1.4 million South Sudanese remain internally displaced since the outbreak of conflict in 2013 according to the UN. Mingkaman, South Sudan.
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A 5-year old girl awaits a portion of food from the nursing staff of the Torit County Hospital stabilization center. With the extreme levels of insecurity, farmers are not able to attend to crops and food shortages led to many children suffering severe malnourishment and ensuing medical complications. In many cases, families choose to flee the dire conditions to become refugees in Uganda and Kenya. Torit, South Sudan.
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Madadr Tuok, age 5, from Bentiu, studies at the Lich Primary School. The school that is located inside the Bentiu Protection of Civilians camp teaches up to 6000 students on its busiest days, all squeezed in to a series of reed sided, canvas-roofed rooms. Bentiu POC, South Sudan.
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Emotion overwhelms Angelina Nyangang Gattiek, age 15, as she greets her mother in a displaced person’s camp in South Sudan. She was separated from her mother and sisters when fighting came to her village of Leer in Panjara County. After more than two years her mother was identified in the Juba POC, and the authorities began the process of reunification. Juba, South Sudan.
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Women from the displaced persons camp of El Geneina collect firewood with the help of UN security. To find firewood, the women are forced to to venture out of the camp, and without the security that would be at the risk of being attacked or raped. Darfur, Sudan.
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A malnourished child awaits care in the relative safety of a refugee camp in El Fasher, Sudan. UNHCR and its partners are responsible for tending to new arrivals, many who arrive with severe medical conditions. Darfur, Sudan.
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Inside a refugee camp in Kurdistan, Iraq, a woman tends a small herd her family has been able to accumulate. Families, many of whom spend months if not years in the camps, struggle to recreate some of their old life inside the camps. Kurdistan, Iraq.
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A young girl stands near her family’s tent in a camp for Yazidi refugees. The camp houses nearly 7,000 Yazidi refugees with a very high percentage of those being young children. Kurdistan, Iraq.
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A father sits with his son in a winterized tent on the Greek island of Lesvos. Like many refugees, the family had found itself a stuck in the camp for an indefinite period, waiting through hot summers and freezing winters. Lesvos, Greece.
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Peter Hoth Tap, a class 4 student aged 16 years, stands with the chair he carries to school each day. Peter wants to be a doctor when he completes schooling so that he can take care of his people. While he may complete school in Kenya, he wishes to return to South Sudan afterwards. Bentiu, South Sudan.
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Displaced Nuer boys play a war game with soldiers figures they made of mud. With fighting ongoing throughout South Sudan, thousands of children are now living in UN camps. Bentiu, South Sudan.
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A Yazidi girl has her hair brushed by her mother in a refugee camp in northern Iraq. Having run the gauntlet of invasion, combat, killings and enslavement by Islamic State jihadists, the members of the Yazidi religious minority have found temporary shelter in a UNHCR camp. Kurdistan, Iraq.
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A young male refugee studies for his exams while walking near his camp. Crowded conditions make studying difficult in the camp, forcing students to take their books and walk outside in the wheat fields. Kurdistan, Iraq.
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Nyagai Jany, age 17, gives birth to her first child, a baby girl, in the maternity clinic in the Bentiu Protection of Civilians (POC) Camp. Teen pregnancy is a common issue for girls living in overcrowded, unsupervised conditions. Still children themselves, the girls will lose their opportunity to go to school and they fear for their futures. Bentiu, South Sudan.
