With my work I earned, 2 000 Naira (US $5.00). “ Back home, I used to farm corn, attend Koranic school, ferry stuff at the local market using a two-wheeled trolley and I played a game called ‘langa’ (hopping on one leg) with my friends. Like many children, Goni describes his life back home, before the crisis.
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In this place, I have been living with my family for the past three months”, Goni says, facing downwards. From the settlement we were re-located to Sayam Forage camp.
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We stayed in Bosso, four months, before going to Garin Wanzam settlement in Diffa, because of the Boko Haram attacked Bosso, (June 2016). When we were out of the village, we were able to find a car, to travel to Bosso in Niger (around 450km from Alagarno). We had to flee the house and my father took the lead. For some reason all my family members including my father were at home. We heard gun fire from the north of our village. The attack took place during the four o’clock prayer. “Boko Haram attacked our village ten months ago. He was shy to share his sad story, but eventually opened up.
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Goni Mahamadou is a teenage refugee from Alagarno village in Borno state, Nigeria. The drawings from children attending the Child Friendly Space (CFS) at Sayam Forage refugee camp in Diffa, established by World Vision a year ago, confirm this narrative.īehind each drawing is a story, and that was certainly the case of Goni who illustrated a convoy of armed vehicles, headed to war. Although many of the drawings depict fear and terror, there is also an element of hope for the future and gratitude for the help received. Drawings can reveal problems they had to face, such as insecurity, fear and anxiety stemming from exposure to traumatic events. In crises or conflicts, children’s drawings often tell the tale of what they have lived through, but also how they look back at their land of origin.