Hardship and happiness in the struggle for survival at Dadaab refugee camp

By Matt Wade
Updated November 20 2014 - 2:14pm, first published 1:33pm
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Crowded house: Children gather behind thorny bushes used as fencing inside the Dadaab camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Crowded house: Children gather behind thorny bushes used as fencing inside the Dadaab camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Play time: A game of football inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Play time: A game of football inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles
Child's play: Two girls enjoy some time out inside the camp. Photo: Edwina Pickles

It's a place of sanctuary for hundreds of thousands. But life is harsh at Dadaab refugee camp.  The sprawling settlement is in an inhospitable part of eastern Kenya, not far from the border with Somalia. Temperatures can be extreme, dust storms are common and the remote borderlands are notorious for banditry.

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