Stories from the Field

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Apr 2021

Survivor’s Story: Bello Garba

Name: Bello Garba Age: 35 years Boko Haram attacked Bello Garba’s community in Baga Cross but he was able to escape with his family. While escaping, he saw multiple dead bodies, and amongst the bodies was a 10-month old child crying on his mother’s corpse. He picked him up and tried to escape with him. […]

Apr 2021

A Survivor’s Prayer

This is a survivors’s prayer So many questions why this had to happen to me , If I could have just one wish granted, it would be certain to travel back in time and stop or change the situation of what happened to me. If I had one wish, I wouldn’t have walked alone at […]

Apr 2021

The Story of Hannatu

This is the story of Hannatu Adamu (not real name) from Gwoza town – a GBV survivor – a beneficiary of Neem Foundation’s Healing through Expression program In 2015, Hannatu and her family were busy with their daily routine in the house when they suddenly heard sporadic gunshots. She heard people screaming “Boko Haram! Boko […]

Apr 2021

The Story of Fatsuma

Healing through Expression – Stories of Resilience Sexual and Gender-based Violence is an ongoing phenomenon in the Northeast, most especially in Borno state. This menace has caused the abduction of many women and girls who are forcibly married and constantly raped by their captors. The women and girls who have survived this encounter return to […]