When Boko Haram terrorists raid villages, they usually kill the men who don’t want to fight with them, often in front of their wives. They take these with them to their camps, where they have to do slave labor or are married off to fighters. Children are trained to fight. Women who were able to escape from these camps, often traumatized, gather under the umbrella of the “Maiduguri Widows’ Association” and are supported by Widowscare eV with food aid and school fees for their children, including the orphans they take in. They urgently need their own living space in which they can live safely with their children – and perhaps where they can overcome their trauma. Now that the Widows’ Association has managed to buy some building land, we want to help to build there as many dwellings as possible for the widows who need it most. So that they can create a livelihood for themselves and their children, shops are to be built where they can work and sell. Tailoring, hairdressing, for example, but also the sale of drinking water, as there is a well on the site with a larger underground water reservoir.
The apartments consist of two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and a terrace. The first apartments are already half finished. Many widows eagerly await the return of a private place of their own where they can close a door behind them. Tailoring, hairdressing, for example, but also the sale of drinking water, as there is a well on the site with a larger underground water reservoir. The apartments consist of two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and a terrace. The first apartments are already half finished. Many widows eagerly await the return of a private place of their own where they can close a door behind them. Tailoring, hairdressing, for example, but also the sale of drinking water, as there is a well on the site with a larger underground water reservoir. The apartments consist of two bedrooms, kitchen, bathroom and a terrace. The first apartments are already half finished. Many widows eagerly await the return of a private place of their own where they can close a door behind them.