Photo Credit: Refugees International
03/16/2005

Jamal fled from continuous attacks by the Janjaweed in north Darfur and now lives in Chad as a hairdresser. Jamal earns very little, but any amount of money he can earn for his family is better than living without work in the camps. “There is not much work here, but how can I help my family if I stay in the camp? So I stay here in Tine to work. Some weeks there is little money to eat and some weeks there is no money at all. It’s not easy.” Asked why he did not stay in the camp with is family, Jamal said he chose to stay in Tine because of the opportunity to earn a living, no matter how small. Every couple of months, he gathers his meager belongings and tracks through the desert to visit his family in the camp.