Uya, IDP in Ortese camp, Benue State

“I sleep in the tent on the dirt. For several days my leg was hurting and swollen. And today it just exploded with blood and liquids.” says Uya, IDP in Ortese camp

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Photos - People displaced in Benue State

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Unique Identifier Code / URN MSB100353

Date taken / Date Recorded 02/08/2021 12:00 AM

Country Nigeria

Detailed location Guma, Benue State

Commissioning section MSF-NETHERLANDS

Photographer / videographer / producer Ghada Safaan

Copyright Ghada Safaan/MSF

Usage Rights (MSF) Advertising Campaign, External Media, MSF Fundraising, MSF Publications, Social Media

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Project section OCA

Editor's rating ★★★ (F)

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Additional Information / Shotlist Some 12 kilometers away from Mbawa, about 8,000 people live in a makeshift camp in an area called Ortese. They have been displaced by a new wave of violence that started in the area at the in April 2021. Half of these people are crammed inside a small school building. Others sleep outside, in makeshift tents made of mosquito nets that provide no protection from the sun and rain. People in the camp used to walk three kilometers to the nearest open well to fetch water, which was not safe to drink. Many had acute watery diarrhea and malaria. MSF set up an emergency mobile clinic, and treated 2116 people from June to August. MSF also started providing clean water by trucks, and establishing latrines for the IDPs in the camp. With few organizations present in the area, however, assistance is sporadic and falls short of meeting people’s needs for adequate shelter, food, water, sanitation, healthcare and protection.