A member of the Somali Youth League participates in a car wash fundraiser in San Diego to help famine victims in Somalia. | Photo Credit: Somali Youth League
By Amita Sharma
It’s the story of a mother who left her home in Somalia with her six children seeking food at a Kenyan refugee camp that Abdi Karim Hussein cannot shake. By the time the woman arrived at the camp, only two of her kids had survived.
“That type of image…it stays with you,” Hussein, 28, said. “For a long time, especially if you’re a parent yourself or if you have young siblings. It’s an image you cannot work to get rid of.”
For Nasir Budul, it’s his own experience in a camp that he can’t shake.
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