Médecins Sans Frontières - PORTRAIT AMINA INT

Unique Identifier Code / URN MSF173233

Date taken / Date Recorded 17/08/2016 12:00 AM

Country Nigeria

Commissioning section MSF-FRANCE

Photographer / videographer / producer Benoit Finck

Usage Rights (MSF) MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

Formal Consent Copy available no

Editor's rating ★★★★★ (C)

Video format h264 (Constrained Baseline) (avc1 / 0x31637661)

Duration 2m36s

Maximum Size 1920px × 1080px 263.27 MB

Additional Information / Shotlist Amina is among the hundreds of thousands of displaced people living in the north-east Nigeria.
After the attack on her village by Boko Haram, Amina came to Maiduguri.
Her severly malnurished child has been refered to the therapeutic feeding center of Maïmusari.

We were living peacefully when Boko Haram attacked us.

We've suffered a lot

It was hard to find something to eat.

We came here by foot,

we suffered a lot and were hungry.

My children and I didn't eat for days.

This child is my sister's son.

I was living with them at the time she gave birth.

When she passed away, I decided to look after him.

I was worried because everywhere I went, people said he was malnourished.

This happened because he didn't get good food.

I breastfed my two children, and it made me feel weak.

Every morning when I wake up, I feel weak.

I don't have good food at home.

I pray for the child to be healthy,

since I promised his mother I would take care of him.

I ask God that he survives, I don't want him to feel so bad.

I ask God that he takes care of him.

I want him to live in good conditions.

A week later, we came back to see Amina.

I've suffered for this child.

I left my children at home and came to the hospital.

I wanted my child to get better.

Now, he's dead. I couldn't fullfill my promise.

I didn't sleep since yesterday, because I was crying.