Kenya II, Dadaab
Somalis Seek Help, July 2011
Hundreds of thousands of refugees are fleeing lands in Somalia due to severe drought and arriving in what has become the world’s largest refugee camp. The Dadaab refugee camp, just over the border in Kenya, was initially setup to host some 90,000 refugees fleeing Somalia’s ongoing civil war in March, 2009. Now with over 400,000 with thousand occupants, more are expected in the coming weeks.
UN refugee agency chief Antonion Guterres called the plight of Somali refugees “the worst humanitarian tragedy” in the world today.
Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011.
Newly arrived refugees from Somalia stand outside of their temporary homes at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 9th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Two young girls walk through a dust storm with firewood on their backs in the area where newly arrived refugees from Somalia are living in Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 9th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at IFO camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 8th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at IFO camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 8th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered and receive food aid in Dadaab Refugee Camp, in North Eastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011. The Disasters Emergency Commitee is tonight launching an appeal to provide humanitarian relief to nearly 10 million people in the region who are thought to be affected by a severe drought.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 7th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia receive mosquito nets when they arrive at IFO camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 8th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- A man waits with his sick daughter while he is registered at IFO camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 8th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Shangara Hassan, who is 20 years old and has four children, holds her sick daughter, while another child sleeps behind in a make shift shelter she has built for them all in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 8th July, 2011. Shangara arrived in Dadaab two weeks ago having walked with her four children from Salag, in Somalia because all of their crops had failed and most of their animals had died. Her husband remained behind to look after their last ten goats.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia eat sorghum and beans at IFO camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 8th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia wait to be registered at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 9th July, 2011.
- A mother walks with her children through a dust storm to their newly erected tent in the new arrivals area of Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 9th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia collect water at a water point that is having water delivered to it by a CARE water truck at Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Northeastern Kenya on the 9th July, 2011.
- Newly arrived refugees from Somalia live in cramped and makeshift homes on the outskirts of Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 10th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources.
- Small children stand next to a graveyard for newly arrived refugees from Somalia on the outskirts of Dagehaley camp, one of three camps that make up the Dadaab refugee camp in Dadaab, Noertheastern Kenya on the 10th July, 2011. In recent weeks over 1500 Somali refugees have been arriving daily as a result of ongoing drought. and severe pressure is being put on already limited resources. containers,sleeping mats and plastic sheets.
