{"id":9275,"date":"2020-12-24T00:26:28","date_gmt":"2020-12-24T00:26:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/spotlight\/?p=9275"},"modified":"2020-12-30T12:37:42","modified_gmt":"2020-12-30T12:37:42","slug":"the-people-who-fled-tigray","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/spotlight\/2020\/12\/the-people-who-fled-tigray\/","title":{"rendered":"The people who fled Tigray"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; fullwidth=&#8221;on&#8221; disabled_on=&#8221;on||&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; background_image=&#8221;https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/spotlight\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/55\/2020\/12\/1920&#215;1280-RF2318531_20201202_UNHCR_Sudan_Village8_SWANSON-5.jpg&#8221; parallax=&#8221;on&#8221; parallax_method=&#8221;off&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px|false|false&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|0px|0px&#8221;][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;The people who fled Tigray&#8221; subhead=&#8221;Just a few weeks ago, they worked as doctors, teachers, artists. 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Ethiopian refugees in need of shelter, food and medical assistance&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_image][et_pb_fullwidth_code admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Code&#8221; module_class=&#8221;caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243;]<pee class=\"caption\" style=\"padding: 5px 20px\">Daryelowm, 40, was a working as a specialist at a hospital in Western Tigray when he was forced to flee.<\/pee>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_code][et_pb_fullwidth_header title=&#8221;The people who fled Tigray&#8221; button_one_text=&#8221;Learn more&#8221; button_one_url=&#8221;#anchor-2&#8243; background_overlay_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.4)&#8221; content_max_width=&#8221;500px&#8221; admin_label=&#8221;Fullwidth Header %91Mobile only%93&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; title_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; title_text_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; title_font_size=&#8221;99&#8243; title_line_height=&#8221;0.9&#8243; subhead_font=&#8221;|700|||||||&#8221; subhead_text_color=&#8221;#424242&#8243; subhead_font_size=&#8221;38px&#8221; subhead_line_height=&#8221;1.1em&#8221; background_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0)&#8221; custom_button_one=&#8221;on&#8221; button_one_text_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; button_one_bg_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.36)&#8221; button_one_border_color=&#8221;#0072bc&#8221; background_layout=&#8221;light&#8221; title_font_size_tablet=&#8221;80&#8243; title_font_size_phone=&#8221;40&#8243; title_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; subhead_font_size_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; subhead_font_size_phone=&#8221;18px&#8221; subhead_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; text_shadow_style=&#8221;preset3&#8243; text_shadow_color=&#8221;rgba(255,255,255,0.4)&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_size__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_size__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_text_color__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_text_color__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_width__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_width__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_color__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_color__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_border_radius__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_border_radius__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_letter_spacing__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_one_bg_color__hover=&#8221;null&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover_enabled=&#8221;off&#8221; button_two_bg_color__hover=&#8221;null&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Just a few weeks ago, they worked as doctors, teachers, artists. One couple were newlyweds. Then the shooting and the shellfire started.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Photos and text by Will Swanson<br \/><\/strong>24 December 2020<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_fullwidth_header][\/et_pb_section][et_pb_section fb_built=&#8221;1&#8243; custom_padding_last_edited=&#8221;on|tablet&#8221; module_id=&#8221;anchor-2&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; background_color=&#8221;#f4f4f4&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;16px||5px|&#8221; custom_padding_tablet=&#8221;50px||5px|&#8221; custom_padding_phone=&#8221;&#8221;][et_pb_row disabled_on=&#8221;on|off|off&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;10px||0px|&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;caption&#8221; module_class=&#8221;caption&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;12px&#8221; module_alignment=&#8221;right&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Daryelowm, 40, was a working as a specialist at a hospital in Western Tigray when he was forced to flee.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][\/et_pb_column][\/et_pb_row][et_pb_row _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; background_size=&#8221;initial&#8221; background_position=&#8221;top_left&#8221; background_repeat=&#8221;repeat&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;50px||50px|&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;10px||20px|&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;0px|0px|28px|0px&#8221;][et_pb_column type=&#8221;4_4&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.25&#8243; custom_padding=&#8221;|||&#8221; custom_padding__hover=&#8221;|||&#8221;][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#424242&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.2&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px||0px&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text admin_label=&#8221;PullIntro&#8221; module_class=&#8221;pullintro&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; text_font_size=&#8221;26px&#8221; custom_margin=&#8221;|50px||50px&#8221; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|0px||0px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221; custom_padding=&#8221;|0px|23px|0px&#8221; text_font_size_tablet=&#8221;19&#8243; text_font_size_phone=&#8221;&#8221; text_font_size_last_edited=&#8221;on|phone&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Over 50,000 people have fled violence in Ethiopia\u2019s northern Tigray region in November and December, seeking safety across the border in Sudan.<\/p>\n<p>They trek to remote border points, terrified, exhausted but relieved, after walking long distances over harsh terrain. Many of those fleeing are <a href=\"https:\/\/www.unhcr.org\/news\/latest\/2020\/11\/5fbd2f024\/refugee-numbers-surge-ethiopians-seek-word-loved-ones.html\">women and children<\/a>, often with nothing but the clothes they were wearing.<\/p>\n<p>The steady stream of new arrivals initially overwhelmed humanitarian agencies\u2019 current capacity to provide aid, and the efforts to help them have only just begun. Urgent needs include food, water, shelter, sanitation and health care.<\/p>\n<p>The lives of those who fled have been shattered. 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It was peaceful and I was in the right place.\u201d<\/span><\/strong><\/h4>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0072bc\"><strong>\u2014Daryelowm, 40<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; admin_label=&#8221;Divider&#8221; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||0px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||0px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Dr. Daryelowm had worked as a specialist for nearly four years at a hospital in western Tigray before he was forced to flee.\u00a0He arrived at \u2018Village 8\u2019, a Sudanese settlement near the border and got to work. He pulled together a group of doctors, nurses, pharmacists and even a veterinarian, to help the newcomers in need.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe started off working out of a house, using scraps of paper as scripts for the patients,\u201d he says.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">The Sudanese government came in later and gave them supplies.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>Daryelowm was having a regular workday when everything changed in Tigray.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">\u201cIt was a busy day and then I heard the blasts like \u2018boom boom boom!\u2019 We heard there were civilians who had been wounded by the bombings,\u201d he recalls.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>When the shelling intensified, he joined the hundreds of people leaving town.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">\u201cPeople were leaving without anything, just rushing away to save their own lives.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>They travelled in tractors, crossing the border into Sudan. The next day, he went to work with his scratch team of volunteers, treating hundreds of people. The most common ailments are malaria, pneumonia and typhoid. The hours are long and resources are stretched. But he isn\u2019t ready to give up.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe have to fight to the end. 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A few small bags of clothes for the children and a small pile of rations provided by the World Food Programme are stacked on one side.<\/p>\n<p>After finishing her housework, she holds two classes daily in Tigrinya, her mother tongue, at 08:30 and 15:00 for children in the camp. When there is a food distribution, she must wait in line for rations for her family, so the classes are affected by that. Today, her daughter Adiam is sick \u2013 a stomach ache that she thinks could be caused by bad food or water.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cLife was very good, we had a full life. But now we are here,\u201d says Ngesti, who has been a teacher for nine years.<\/p>\n<p>The outbreak of conflict changed everything.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe were in our house, when we were attacked. Our house was burned. Everything was burned,\u201d she says.<\/p>\n<p>She is grateful for the hospitality of the Sudanese and has offered to volunteer as a teacher, to help the children.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I was a child, I wanted to be a teacher because teaching is a great profession,\u201d she says. \u201cTo build a generation through teaching is a great role. I\u2019m proud because I can shape the future generation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Her greatest need right now is for volunteers to be supported.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe need better services; we need clothes and food. 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He sleeps in an abandoned building in the Um Rakuba refugee camp. Back home, he would probably be busy making art, painting, sketching and pursuing his passion for filmmaking.<\/p>\n<p>He doesn\u2019t have much, as he fled with just the clothes he was wearing: a blue shirt, jeans and a red beanie. All he carried was a packet of biscuits and a bottle of water.<\/p>\n<p>Without any of his art supplies, Futsum has started using what he finds around him \u2013 metal offcuts, building materials and a used-up welding stick \u2013 to carve sculptures out of stone and wood.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">\u201cIt calms my mind,\u201d says Futsum, who gets anxious and sometimes depressed after being displaced.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He explains that he doesn\u2019t make films for the money, but rather to educate people.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">\u201cI made films about tragedies, about death and how nothing good comes from killing,\u201d he says. \u201cThey are about how rational people can solve their problems.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p>He enjoys showing his sculptures to others. But more than anything, he wants to return home.\u00a0<span style=\"font-size: 19px\">\u201cI want to go back and do my art. I also want to continue making movies. 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But at least we are okay and out of the war.\u201d<\/strong><\/h4>\n<div align=\"center\">\n<h4><span style=\"color: #0072bc\"><strong>\u2014Fusuh, 24<\/strong><\/span><\/h4>\n<\/div>\n<p>[\/et_pb_text][et_pb_divider color=&#8221;#000000&#8243; _builder_version=&#8221;3.17.6&#8243; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||0px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;off|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>[\/et_pb_divider][et_pb_text _builder_version=&#8221;4.6.6&#8243; custom_margin_tablet=&#8221;&#8221; custom_margin_phone=&#8221;|||0px&#8221; custom_margin_last_edited=&#8221;on|desktop&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p>Fusuh and Hellen had only been married four months before they had to flee their hometown. 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