Surviving in Dzaleka: The Struggles of Refugees Left Without Options

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Several women, with the elements that they have just received from the agencies present in the field, such as the World Food Program (WFP). The inhabitants of this camp who cannot be rehoused in other countries (that is to say, the great majority) depend almost exclusively on humanitarian assistance. The Government of Malawi, open to welcoming despite the serious problems facing the country, does not allow refugees to leave the camp or get a job. This leaves many without the possibility of subsisting or generating their own income. Some, like 35-year-old Somali Raheem, have been here since 1996 and no longer remember what it was like off the field. “I try to do things for myself that give me something to eat,” says the father of a daughter who was born two years ago in Dzaleka.