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Growing up in Dadaab Refugee Camp
In the early 1990s, Somalia was consumed by civil war and famine. Millions fled their homes. Many tried to reach neighbouring Kenya in search of survival. Faced with the mass influx of refugees, the UN and Kenya set up a refugee camp complex at Dadaab, a remote, arid part of Eastern Kenya. It became the largest refugee camp in the world.
Zamzam Abdi Gelle arrived at Dadaab 25 years ago, after her family was attacked in Somalia.
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