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Photos for Press Release - Ethiopia - 19 June, 2019

On World Refugee Day, NRC calls attention to the displaced people throughout the world, including the many families displaced in Ethiopia.
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Inter-communal fighting in West Guji and Gedeo zones of Ethiopia forced over 1 million people from their homes in 2018. Many of them have not yet returned home. <br /> <br /> “I have been displaced twice. The first time was in April 2018, when a conflict began in our village and a group of youth destroyed the roof of my house,” says 34-year-old farmer Abraham Dube, recalling what happened. Abraham was born and raised in West Guji. During the conflict, he was forced to walk for six hours with his wife and five kids to Gedeo. He currently lives in a camp for displaced families with about 3,800 other people.<br /> <br /> Before the conflict, Abraham and his wife owned a coffee shop. He also cultivated coffee, false banana and maize. “We were living a good life. I was earning more than 10,000 Birr ($357) a year. Now we have lost everything, they burnt our coffee shop and farm,” explains Abraham.<br /> <br /> Abraham’s two boys Ephrame, 11, and Yohaness, 9, used to be students. “It has been a year since they stopped their education. I don’t have money to buy them the basic materials to go back to school. I hope peace will be restored soon and we return home,” says Abraham.<br /> <br /> About 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most fled inter-communal fighting in recent years.<br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
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Inter-communal fighting in West Guji and Gedeo zones of Ethiopia forced over 1 million people from their homes in 2018. Many of them have not yet returned home.

“I have been displaced twice. The first time was in April 2018, when a conflict began in our village and a group of youth destroyed the roof of my house,” says 34-year-old farmer Abraham Dube, recalling what happened. Abraham was born and raised in West Guji. During the conflict, he was forced to walk for six hours with his wife and five kids to Gedeo. He currently lives in a camp for displaced families with about 3,800 other people.

Before the conflict, Abraham and his wife owned a coffee shop. He also cultivated coffee, false banana and maize. “We were living a good life. I was earning more than 10,000 Birr ($357) a year. Now we have lost everything, they burnt our coffee shop and farm,” explains Abraham.

Abraham’s two boys Ephrame, 11, and Yohaness, 9, used to be students. “It has been a year since they stopped their education. I don’t have money to buy them the basic materials to go back to school. I hope peace will be restored soon and we return home,” says Abraham.

About 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most fled inter-communal fighting in recent years.

Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council

  • Inter-communal fighting forced over 1 million people from their homes in the West Guji and Gedeo zones of Ethiopia, including this family in a shelter camp for displaced people in Gotiti. Overall, about 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most have fled inter-communal fighting in recent years. Without enough aid for survival, basic services are insufficient. More aid is needed for the displaced families, like this one in Gotiti. <br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Inter-communal fighting in West Guji and Gedeo zones of Ethiopia forced over 1 million people from their homes in 2018. Many of them have not yet returned home. <br /> <br /> “I have been displaced twice. The first time was in April 2018, when a conflict began in our village and a group of youth destroyed the roof of my house,” says 34-year-old farmer Abraham Dube, recalling what happened. Abraham was born and raised in West Guji. During the conflict, he was forced to walk for six hours with his wife and five kids to Gedeo. He currently lives in a camp for displaced families with about 3,800 other people.<br /> <br /> Before the conflict, Abraham and his wife owned a coffee shop. He also cultivated coffee, false banana and maize. “We were living a good life. I was earning more than 10,000 Birr ($357) a year. Now we have lost everything, they burnt our coffee shop and farm,” explains Abraham.<br /> <br /> Abraham’s two boys Ephrame, 11, and Yohaness, 9, used to be students. “It has been a year since they stopped their education. I don’t have money to buy them the basic materials to go back to school. I hope peace will be restored soon and we return home,” says Abraham.<br /> <br /> About 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most fled inter-communal fighting in recent years.<br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Inter-communal fighting in West Guji and Gedeo zones of Ethiopia forced over 1 million people from their homes in 2018. Many of them have not yet returned home. <br /> <br /> “I have been displaced twice. The first time was in April 2018, when a conflict began in our village and a group of youth destroyed the roof of my house,” says 34-year-old farmer Abraham Dube, recalling what happened. Abraham was born and raised in West Guji. During the conflict, he was forced to walk for six hours with his wife and five kids to Gedeo. He currently lives in a camp for displaced families with about 3,800 other people.<br /> <br /> Before the conflict, Abraham and his wife owned a coffee shop. He also cultivated coffee, false banana and maize. “We were living a good life. I was earning more than 10,000 Birr ($357) a year. Now we have lost everything, they burnt our coffee shop and farm,” explains Abraham.<br /> <br /> Abraham’s two boys Ephrame, 11, and Yohaness, 9, used to be students. “It has been a year since they stopped their education. I don’t have money to buy them the basic materials to go back to school. I hope peace will be restored soon and we return home,” says Abraham.<br /> <br /> About 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most fled inter-communal fighting in recent years.<br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Smoke rises from a burning sanitation pit, in the crowded Koloji camp for displaced people. The shelter camp is an hour outside of Jijiga, in the Somali region of eastern Ethiopia. Thousands of families that fled fighting in the Oromia region are sheltering here. With unhealthy conditions and not enough basic services, more aid is needed for the displaced families that struggle to survive here. <br /> <br /> About 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most have fled inter-communal fighting in recent years.<br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Norwegian Refugee Council staff speak to a mother with her 2 children in their shelter, in the Koloji camp for displaced persons in the Somali region of Ethiopia. Thousands of people that fled inter-communal fighting in Oromia came here to seek safety, and are now surviving in the camp. Lacking basic services, more aid is needed for displaced families like this one in Ethiopia, as 3.2 million people are displaced within the country. <br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
  • Hassan fled Oromia region to the Koloji camp for displaced persons in the Somali region, due to inter-communal fighting in Oromia 3 years ago. He lost two of his brothers due to the conflict. <br /> <br /> “I came here with my family: two wives and 12 children. I’ve seen a lot of people that got killed. When conflict started they killed my two brothers, so I fled to this camp. Now, I am looking after my brothers’ family too,” he says. <br /> <br /> About 3.2 million Ethiopians are currently displaced within the country. Most fled inter-communal fighting in recent years. Without enough basic services for survival, more aid is needed for displaced families in the country. <br /> <br /> Photo: Norwegian Refugee Council
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