The Invisible scars of loss
“The ordeal that these families face can only be told by them,” says Achomai Ijimari, a mother and wife living in Monguno. Many others, like her, are in dire need of mental and psychosocial support which is hard to come by because their suffering is not visible.
“I used to run a catering business before displacement from Monguno to Maiduguri in 2012”, Achomai shares.
The armed conflict took everything from her – her home, her livelihood, and, most devastatingly, her younger brother and sister, who went missing. “I was traumatized and developed high blood pressure, diabetes, and could not see well in sunlight.”
With the support of the weekly mental health and psychosocial counseling sessions, she slowly began to recover. Today, she is not only living a more stable life but also caring for the children left behind by her missing brother.
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