Stories of children and women affected by the forced eviction in KM 13 IDP camps

The following stories are based on interviews gathered by Hassan Istiila, a Mogadishu-based freelance journalist and UNICEF Voices of Youth Blogging Intern. On 4 January, Hassan visited some of the children and families affected by the recent forced eviction, which has left destruction in a score of IDP camps in KM13, Kahda District.

 I came to an IDP camp called Al-Aamin in KM13 where about 100 families just moved in. I saw hungry children, distressed parents, who don’t have a decent place to sleep and almost nothing to eat. At the new camp, they are getting health services from a UNICEF NGO partners, SOYDA, but they need much more support – food, shelter and school for the children. – Hassan Istiila

This is Ibrahim Ahmed, 12, and his younger brother

Khadiijo Aada Hassan, 13, her mother and younger brothers

Nuurto Idow Issac, is a mother of six

Young father, Hussein Hassan Mire