Boy and his family had to flee from the tread of Al shabaab in Somali.

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Refugees waiting for help. Heavily underfed child. Heavily underfed child and mother. Refugees waiting for help. Refugees waiting for help. Refugee camp, IFO. Heavily underfed child. Heavily underfed child and mother. Refugee camp, Dagahaley Refugee camp, Dagahaley Refugee camp, Dagahaley Refugee camp, Dagahaley Refugee camp, Dagahaley Refugee camp, Dagahaley Boy and his family had to flee from the tread of Al shabaab in Somali. Refugees on there way to Dadaab refugee camp.

Famine in Dahaab

Dadaab, Kenya
August 2011

During the summer of 2011 the Horn of Africa suffered from extreme drought. The combination of the Somalian civil war and the lack of water supply made Somalian citizens flee to refugee camps in Dadaab, Kenya. Journalist Ine Roox and I were commissioned by the newspaper De Standaard to look into the situation on-site. Together Dadaab's three temporary settlements form the largest refugee camp in the world.

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