For Two Best Friends, Life as IDPs Is Full of Uncertainty

“We swim in the lake almost every day, we do picnics. Our friends do not play without us because they saw us as their big sisters. They always tell us that they don’t want us to leave this place because they will be very sad. We play games, that is why the little ones in our circle are very happy when they’re with us,” Farhana says.

But life as an IDP is full of uncertainty, and goodbyes.

“I feel sad every time a friend of mine is leaving,” Farhana says.

“I know that there is no forever and there will be a time that we will go separate ways,” Janainah says. “There is no forever because I heard from your [Farhana’s] mother that you will transfer to Baluno [a city on the other side of the island] and we will be transferring to a permanent shelter so I will meet new friends out there.”

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