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BOY WITH CRUTCH AND BOWL ARIKAMALI NZIKA
BOY WITH CRUTCH AND BOWL
ARIKAMALI NZIKA
In this powerful and haunting image, a young disabled boy stands
alone in the desert, leaning on a crutch, holding an empty bowl. The
image captures both resilience and despair in a single moment. The
crutch symbolises the limited support refugees once received upon
arriving in Kakuma; the empty bowl speaks of what’s now missing.
As aid agencies withdraw, the future becomes increasingly
uncertain – leaving many, like this boy, caught between survival and
abandonment.