During Ramadan, Somalia’s Displaced People Rely on the Kindness of Others

MOGADISHU, SOMALIA - Hassan Mohamed, a father of six, sits outside a makeshift shelter that he calls home, cuddling his youngest child. The shelter is made of sticks and pieces of cloth.

“We were uprooted from our previous settlement, and you can see the condition we are living in,” he told VOA. Mohamed lives in a camp for internally displaced persons, or what the U.N. calls IDPs. There are more than 2 million IDPs spread across Somalia, most of whom depend on humanitarian assistance, according to U.N.