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PHOTO ESSAY: Inside IDP camp in Dolori

A elderly woman looking distressed at the Dolori IDP camp maiduguri

In the first part of this photo essay on internally displaced persons (IDPs),YUNUSA ABDULLAHI took us on a tour of the Kuchingoro camp in Abuja, which is populated by the fleeing people of Borno state, most of them from Gwoza LGA. In this second instalment, he visits Dolori, one of the IDP camps in Maiduguri, Borno state.  

A mother with her new born baby. its cold and even the baby has no dress on. Freezing
A mother with her new born baby. It’s cold and even the baby has no dress on
Performing ablution ready for prayers
IDPs performing ablution before their prayers
Dolori IDP camp maiduguri. There are about over 18,000 campers here
Dolori IDP camp. There are about over 18,000 campers here
Maximum security is provided at the camp
Maximum security is provided at the camp
A view of the camp with its multitudes of mostly ophaned kids
A view of the camp withmultitudes of mostly orphaned kids
 Despite all the problems God has his moment always
Despite all the problems, God has his moment always
Young kids despite their problems find time to be creative
Young kids find time to be creative
A young woman at the camp knitting a cap for sale to souce for means of livelihood
A young woman at the camp knitting a cap for sale to source for means of livelihood
Another view of the camp, a dusty desert atmostphere
Another view of the camp, a dusty desert atmosphere
A mum and her son wait for the next meal in the dusty harmattan weather
A mother and her son wait for the next meal
A elderly woman looking distressed at the Dolori IDP camp maiduguri
An elderly woman at the camp
The kitchen area but today no meal to cook as the people are waiting for supplies. It takes 940 bags of rice per meal in this camp.
The kitchen area but today no meal to cook as the people are waiting for supplies
The governor recieving items for the IDPs from the Director General FRCN Dr. Ladan Salihu who led FRCN directors and staff to donate items to the IDPs in Maiduguri
Kashim Shettima, governor of Borno state (l), receiving donations for the IDPs from the director-general, Federal Radio Corporation of Nigeria (FRCN), Ladan Salihu, who led FRCN directors and staff to the camp
A SEMA  official on the way to the Dolori IDP camp in a truckload of items provided by FRCN
A NEMA official on the way to the Dolori IDP camp in a truckload of items provided by FRCN
Excited campers jubilate with the arrival of trucks with food items and other materials
Excited campers jubilate with the arrival of trucks with food items and other materials

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