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| Two years ago, my husband got very sick while in Libya. |
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| They rushed him back to Nigeria, but he didnt make it back in time. |
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| Two weeks later, I lost my three-year-old son as well. |
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| He was very sick and I couldnt properly take care of him. |
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| I have three other kids to take care of now. |
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| I feel hopeless at times, but I dont want to have to use my body to feed them. |
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| I need to stay strong and fight. |
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| A friend in Libya called me to offer me a job so I sold everything I had, including my shop, so I could make it to Libya. |
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| I only made it to Dirkou where the driver abandoned us. |
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| We were there for five days without any food or water. |
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| I didnt know what to do. |
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| He left with all of our things, and we kept hoping he was going to come back; he never did. |
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| After my son and husband died, I got an ulcer. |
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| After the fifth day in the desert, I started vomiting blood. |
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| I was lying down for the whole time hoping for a miracle. |
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| I was thinking about my children; how I needed to stay strong for them. |
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| A Nigerian boy who worked in Dirkou saw me and advised me to go to IOM. |
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| He pulled over a moto, but there was no room for me. |
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| He told the driver to come back to get us, and he did. |
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| They rushed me to IOMs centre in Dirkou, and then to the hospital where they gave me treatment for my ulcer. |
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| I could barely walk by the time we reached the centre. |
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| Im so grateful Im still alive. |
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| I sometimes wonder what would have happened to me if I hadnt met the Nigerian boy. |
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| A lot of people stayed in the desert. |
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| They didnt want any help as they still had money left. |
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| They were trying to reach Libya, and even after five days straight in the desert, they were still convinced the driver was going to come back. |
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| They are probably still there. |
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| I told them I was going back to my home country. |
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| There are some things that money cant buy. |