I volunteered at camp for the displaced from el-Fasher. Here is what I saw

I met displaced people who had experienced unimaginable horrors – horrors that the world failed to stop.

By Nabiha Islam

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I was about 13 years old when the conflict in Darfur began in 2003. As a teenager reading and listening to the news before the dawn of social media, I didn’t fully understand the historical or political context, but I understood there was a need to act. A need to put an end to a humanitarian crisis. It is one of the events that ultimately led me to become a physician and work in areas of conflict and natural disasters.