MSF South Asia 8d ago

Nyabhan is a 7-year-old girl born in an MSF facility at Kule Refugee Camp. She is the oldest in her family of four kids. Nyabhan is a second-grade student. Born and raised in the camp, Nyabhan represents a generation of children who have known only refugee life. Despite the challenges around her, her joyful smile shines through, showing the strength and resilience of children growing up in the settlement. Nyabhan’s mother, Nyakume arrived in Kule Refugee Camp in 2014 with her family, fleeing violence in South Sudan. With a shrinking humanitarian landscape, Nyakume is struggling to raise her children. “If we don’t get food rations, I have to find other ways” she explains. She collects and sells firewood to buy basics like shoes, extra food, and clothes. Aid cuts reduced food rations to below 60% of what was being given to families in the camp before mid-2025. Distributions are frequently interrupted for months due to funding shortages and supply chain issues. As the oldest child, Nyabhan started taking on major responsibilities from an early age. She spends most of her day helping her mother do housework. She carries the weight of growing up in a place where basic needs are often hard to meet. She takes care of her younger siblings, grinds grain, walks long distances to collect scarce firewood, fetches water, cooks,and does other tasks. All this while attending school – when it is available.