Reference :
V-P-NG-E-00632
Date :
14/04/2015
Caption :
Adamawa State, Yola, internally displaced camp. This woman gave birth to her baby boy in the bush while fleeing her hometown that was attacked two months ago.
Confidentiality level :
public
Publication restrictions :
publication without restrictions
Description :
She decided to call him after the name of the soldier who helped her to deliver the baby and saved their lives.
ICRC website, article of the 20th May 2015:
“When families flee their homes, they can no longer tend their fields. When agricultural production drops, trade falls off; a sweeping, downward economic spiral. And when families flee their homes, they get split up. Many displaced people are hosted in villages and towns. This puts a burden on those communities as well.
[...].”
Original material :
digital
Resolution :
4449x2966
Orientation :
landscape
Colour/B&W :
colour
