The board at the Rohingya camp in Kalindi Kunj reads, “Darul Hijrat”. Darul Hijrat means home of the migrant. However, what kind of a home, it doesn’t mention. Around 230 Rohingya people, who fled South of Myanmar with thousands others to escape persecution have been living here. There are 47 hutments, temporary structures raised on 2,000 square feet area that belongs to the Zakat Foundation, a charity organisation.
Fatima Rohingya’s home is one among them. Her ‘home’ has four loosely bricked walls with a torn tarpaulin sheet over it. It has been collapsing under the weight of monsoons for the past two years. Two month ago, she lost her four-year-old girl to a snake bite and many thought she wouldn’t have the strength to carry on. Fatima said, “I don’t have the time to grieve. I have two other children to feed.”
Fatima along with her three children and husband left their in village in Myanmar six years ago. They were on the run for the four years that followed and Fatima lost her husband to tuberculosis before they could reach the coast of Orissa. She now runs a tea shack near the camp. (Courtesy of hindustantimes.com)
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