The camp, which is the largest IDP camp in Mogadishu, used to get water from tanks supplied by local organization, Hijra.
Sheikh Isaq Hassan, 80, said they had been informed that there were no more funds to continue supplying water in the camp. Most of the displaced families survived the drought and famine of 2011-12.
Hijra was not immediately available for comment.
The displaced families are now forced to buy water from nearby wells at the cost of 1,000 Somali shilling per 40 litres. Most cannot afford this, according to Hassan, whose family consists of about 30 people. “We can’t afford more but 40 litres for that money is not enough for drinking, cooking and washing clothes,” he told Radio Ergo.
Some of the IDPs cannot even get the 1,000 shillings, and have to beg for water from the neighbourhoods. Fadumo Hassan, a mother of eight children, was in despair. “Where will I get the money to buy water for these children?” she asked. “I was already struggling to get food for them.”
