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DO NOT USE (embargoed by head office) Photo: Daniel Wheeler/NRC Description: Ala (22) poses for a portrait. Factual information First name: Ala Age: 22 Current location: Za’atari Refugee Camp, Jordan From: Daraa, Syria. Fled to Jordan in 2012 Occupation: Seamstress at NRC’s youth programme. NRC beneficiary: Yes, Ala received seamstress training as part of NRC’s youth training programme and now works as a seamstress as part of the programme. Interview Ala’s words “I fled Syria in 2012 because of the heavy fighting. I left on foot at 10pm and arrived at the Jordanian border at 6am the next morning. We travelled at night because we were terrified of being attached on the way. There was around 100 of us and many people were injured. When we arrived at the border and were met by the army (Jordanian Army) I felt like a drowning person that had been saved. I felt on edge the entire journey and now I had soldiers telling me ‘You are safe now’, it was all so overwhelming. I live with my five sisters and five brothers. I am the eldest, so I feel responsible for them, and I looked after them during coronavirus. I found out about NRC’s youth programme after doing a four-month sewing scholarship with a different organisation. I became very passionate about sewing so I wanted to continue my training and the programme at NRC seemed perfect. When I started on the programme, I realised that I still had so much to learn, and it was very intensive but rewarding. The programme is delivered in three phases, with the first stages being training and the third phase being an employment opportunity. I live on the other side of the camp and walk an hour each day to get to the centre. It’s a long walk in the desert heat but it’s so worth it. An average day for me is waking up at 6am and after getting ready, I walk to the centre and we started work at 8:30am. At 12:30am we have a lunch break and then we work until 3pm. After I walk back home, I usually have a nap because the work is tiring but very rewarding. When asked what the programme means to her, she replies with: “This opportunity that NRC has given me has provided me with financial independence and an opportunity for success in my life. My father is so proud of me and that is very important to me.” When asked what she wants to do in the future, she says: “In the future, I want to open my own sewing centre for women which has integrity and quality – just like NRC.”
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On 7 July, men armed with Kalashnikovs burst into the village of Nogo. The attack lasted 60 minutes, mainly targeting an outpost of a self-defence group, the VDP. At least 7 civilians, including 2 women and a baby, were killed in the shootout. The assailants took advantage of the situation to steal pharmaceutical products, two health workers' motorbikes and livestock belonging to the civilians. The entire population of the village fled to Ouahigouya and took refuge in an unoccupied school during the school holidays. More than 500 people are living crammed into classrooms while waiting to receive shelter and adequate aid. However, the aid received is far from sufficient. The displaced report receiving a bag of millet on arrival, then nothing. They survive thanks to the help of the local population. Some are tempted to return home to collect their cereal stock despite the presence of armed groups. "We fled to come here but there is no food. We are thinking of going home, but we are very afraid of being killed, so we are staying for now. If we get help here, we can stay, it will be better," says Rouamba, a mother from Nogo village. Date: 25 August 2021 Location: Ouahigouya, North province, Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa /NRC
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Amid rising hunger, many displaced people say they are tempted to return home to access their fields, remaining food stocks and feed their families, but face the increasing threats of attacks. Other displaced people have to make a different but equally painful choice: staying in a besieged area where shortage of food has turned so critical that only leaves are left to eat, or risking a days’ long walk to reach a place where they can hopefully feed their children. Dozens of women from Mansila have trekked in the past few weeks to Sebba with their children in tow, some of them dying of exhaustion and hunger on the road. “People feel they are no longer part of Burkina. We feel that we are not worthy of assistance. Hunger makes you scream for help but no one’s coming,” said Bandé, a mother who just escaped from Mansila. “If the choice is dying on the way, or dying of hunger in Mansila, better at least die trying to get out,” she said. Date: 02 September 2021 Location: Dori, Sahel region, Burkina Faso Photo: Tom Peyre-Costa /NRC
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An aerial view of the Euphrates river. August 2021. More than 12 million people in Syria and Iraq are losing access to water, food and electricity and urgent action is needed to combat a severe water crisis. Photo credit: Fared Baram/ NRC
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