Like all mothers-to-be, Berekhti Burro dreamt of bringing new life into the world in a safe place, with love and care at home to give her baby the best start.
But Burro, nine-months pregnant, was forced to flee intense fighting near her home in Humera in Ethiopia’s northern Tigray region, trekking for hours in the blazing sun to safety in neighboring Sudan.
Now the 27-year-old sits with her husband in their new home: a makeshift shelter in the rapidly growing tent-town of Um Raquba refugee camp, some 80 kilometers (50 miles) from the border.
With her baby due any day now, she has only one thought: what will become of her child?
“It’s all I think about day and night,” Burr…
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