The young woman holds her sleeping baby tight; the little girl
is ill, because of the cold wave that has suddenly set in, and because
they have had to sleep on the floor, she says.
The 22-year-old mother from Qaraj, near Makhmour who has been
in the camp for less than a month, says her little Sabrina is two years
old, but with a pacifier in her mouth and bundled up in a small blanket
she looks a lot younger.
On top of the cold the baby is dealing with the consequences of
a malnutrition she suffered under ISIS. Her mother searched for baby
milk from village to village for almost a year, and this has left its
mark on her and her two children.
Baby milk is still scarce, so is nappies, warm clothes and bedding.
“I stay with my husband’s family, and they have everything, I have nothing,” she complains.
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