Embet Hailu is 5 years old and a displaced child from a nearby town due to tribal conflict in the area. Currently they live in a small rented room with a mattress and few cooking materials. Her father was a policeman and her mother has not heard from him since last June and doesn’t know whether he is alive or not. Her mother works as a house maid. They are in desperate need of help

Eldana Ashenafi is the 5th of 6 children in her family and they live with their mother. Her father disappeared in November 2020 at the beginning of the war in the northern part of Ethiopia at which point the whole family were displaced from the Tigray region to Gondar. Her mother has nothing to feed her children or to pay for rent however, a local kind guy lets them to live for free in a small empty room in his compound. Their room is empty other than a mat and some old clothing. Local people pr

Biruk Eyayu lives with his mother and three siblings as his father disappeared in November 2020 as a result of the war in the Northern part of Ethiopia. The whole family was displaced from a nearby town due to tribal conflict and fear of the war in the area. They live in a small rented room with few cooking materials and a mattress. His mother tries to work as a house maid to get food for her children but, she doesn’t make enough to feed her children sufficiently.

Biruk Daniel’s parents divorced in December 2020 and his mother was displaced from a border town in between Ethiopia and Sudan, to Gondar. However, his mother was unable to get work and moved to a nearby town where work was available. Biruk now lives with his grandmother and they depend entirely on government aid and the kindness of local people.

Biruk Muluken lives with his stepmother in a small room filled with old household materials. His stepmother is a kind lady working as a daily labourer. Biruk was born out of wedlock while his mother was serving as a cleaner for his father. After she gave birth to Biruk, she suffered with mental illness and she has had no medical care to help her recover so she is unable to care for Biruk. His father lives in a nearby town and has not supported Biruk or his stepmother since 2019.

Amen Tegaye is 5 years old and is a displaced child from a local town and moved to Gondar due to tribal conflict in the area. All their belongings were damaged by locally armed militants and they have nothing here in Gondar. They don’t have any food, a house to live or any spare clothes. To begin with, they lived on a veranda of an unfinished building but then one of the mother’s friends allowed them to live for free and she does all the house work in return.