Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
Women waiting outside the reception center at the border between Somalia and Ethiopia. Everyday hundreds of refugees arrive from many different areas in Somalia. They are registered and transported to the Transit center where they will wait until they are finally can settled in one of the four large camps built in the border area. So far, more than 140.000 refugees have arrived and a fifth camp is being constructed due to the big influx. The drought in the horn of Africa is affecting more than 4.5 million people in Ethiopia. In addition, more than 140.000 refugees from Somalia have settled in camps in the border region between Somalia and Ethiopia. In the area around the border city od Dollo Ado, four large refugee camps are already over crowded. Many of the refugees are children, arriving severely malnourished. The mortality rate among small children has been brought down but, children are still dying on a daily basis.
The four camps - Hilaweyn, Kobe, Malkadida and Bokomayo - are now hosting more than 120.000 refugees and more are arriving every day.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011
In the refugee camp Hilaweyn also called "Hells wind" a small boy overlooks the massive camp which has now grown to more than 40.000 refugees. Refugees are still arriving in large numbers and for that reason, relief organizations have started to build a fifth camp in the area.
Save the children are working in all the camps, trying to improve the daily life for the many children in the camps.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011
A mother and her children arriving at the border between Somalia and Ethiopia. More than 140.000 refugees are now living in the border region in Ethiopia. Until now four large camps have been build and a fifth camp is being constructed due to the large influx.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011
Three year old Asar Ali sits in the hospital in the Kobe camp and drinks for the first time since he was admitted severely malnourished. Every day children die in the four large camps located in the border region. Due to the big effort made by different organizations like Save The Children, the number of children dying has gone down dramatically. Only a few weeks ago more than 20 children died every day, now the number is less than five.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
A small girl in a very critical stage of malnutrition lies at the hospital in the refugee camp Kobe on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
Refugees at the transit center in the outskirts of Dollo Ado waiting to be transported to one of the big camps further in the country. Due to the large influx, thousands have to wait here for weeks. Organizations are now building a fifth camp in the area.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
There are more than 25.000 people living in Kobe refugee camp. Due to the open, dry area the camp is hit daily by large dust storms that make life there even more difficult than it already is.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
In the hospital in Kobe refugee camp two tear old Karim Hussein sits in bed severely malnourished while his mother, Habiba Ali, watches over her small son. He was admitted two days prior by aid workers in the camp. His general health is so bad that it is very unlikely he would survive. Every day children are admitted in the same state as Karim, but the mortality numbers have gone down dramatically over the last few month due to the big effort from organizations working in the area. However more refugees arrive on a daily basis and the children are the ones suffering the most from famine.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011
At the small hospital in the latest built camp Hilaweyn built on the border between Somalia and Ethiopia, a small girl sits in the clinic for severely malnourished children. Only a week ago the medical staff in the camp didn't think she would survive after many weeks with little to no food at all. Slowly she is recovering and will soon be transferred to another clinic where she will have to learn to walk and eat again. She and her family arrived two weeks ago at the camp that is now inhabited by more than 40.000 people. All refugees in the camp arrived within the last two months.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
In the hospital in Kobe refugee camp, two tear old Karim Hussein sits on the bed severely malnourished while his mother, Habiba Ali, watches over her small son. He was admitted two days prior, by aid workers in the camp. His general health is so bad that it is very unlikely he would survive. Every day children are admitted in the same state as Karim, but the mortality numbers have lowered dramatically over the last few month due to the big effort from organizations working in the area. But daily more refugees arrive and the children are the ones suffering the most from the famine.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
A mother and her children arriving to the reception center in the outskirts of the city of Dollo Ado. More than 140.000 refugees have arrived in the border region between Somalia and Ethiopia due to drought and war.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
Newly arrived refugees waiting to be registered so they can move to the transit camp and receive tents and relief aid. Many arrive in a very bad state after weeks of travel with hardly anything to eat.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
A small girl is given porridge at the Save the children's wet feeding center in the transit camp in the outskirts of the city Dollo Ado.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
The reception center camp at the border between Somalia and Ethiopia. Everyday hundreds of new refugees arrive in Ethiopia from Somalia, bringing the total of refugees above 140.000.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
In the Kobe medical clinic for severe malnourished children, Hawa Nur Ibrahim sits with her 3 years old son Ali Adan. Last night her daughter Legla (2 years old ) died of severe illness and she fears the same will happen to her son. Admitted for more than ten days already, his body is still very fragile and he is still not able to drink or eat by himself.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
A small girl arriving at the border with her two younger brothers. Many children arrive without their parents or in many cases with only their mother. The men stay behind trying to protect their houses and land. Save The Children works everyday on bringing children arriving alone to either relatives in the camps or host families in one of the four major camps located in the border region.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
Refugee children collecting garbage from the host community at the border. Some of the newly arrived refugees decide to stay outside the large camps directly at the border in order to be able to return to their villages and land as soon as possible.
The drought in the horn of Africa is affecting more than 4.5 million people in Ethiopia. In addition, more than 140.000 refugees from Somalia have settled in camps in the border region between Somalia and Ethiopia.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
A small mentally ill boy plays with a balloon in his tent at the Hospital in Hilaweyn refugee camp. Due to severe malnutrition many children arrive with mental problems as well as physical and are in need of special care from the medical staff.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October 2011.
Two year old Ibrahim Madkher is sitting in a medical clinic in Kobe refugee camp. His mother died in the camp after being sick for weeks, therefore his older sister Hewa is taking care of him. The children's father is also in the camp, but it is his sister who is now taking care of the small boy, sleeping with him at night and making sure he gets food everyday.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
A small girl on her way back to the refugee camp Kobe after collecting water from a nearby post while a young boy is looking at the feeding center.
More than 25.000 refugees live in the camp which is only one out of four camps in the border region. Organizations are planing to built a fifth camp due to the big influx of refugees from Somalia.
Dollo Ado, Ethiopia. October2011.
A woman hiding her face while she cries over the loss of her 1,5 year old baby girl. The girl died due from malnutrition. It was her second child that died due to the severe drought in the Horn of Africa. The mortality rate among children under five has improved dramatically over the last few months due to the effort of relief organizations but, children are still dying in the camps every day.
Newly arrived refugees in their tents at the border. Due to the big influx of refugees, many are waiting in both the reception center and the transit camps before the are able to be transferred to one of the four major refugee camps in the border region. so far more than 140.000 refugees have arrived from Somalia.
