The road to recovery: Life after Boko Haram
Borno, Nigeria, 13 April 2018 - Aisha* has speech difficulties and immediately apologises that she will not be clear and that we should be patient. At 17, Aisha has been through what any girl should never go through. She was abducted three years ago, held captive for a whole year, was sexually abused and literally thrown away. One day, in the…, The road to recovery, Aisha was given medical treatment and after recovery was released by the military to join others who had been displaced / rescued or escaped from the insurgents. Although she got her freedom back, almost everything else she had before was gone. The baby she delivered eventually died too. She could not speak properly, could not sleep and got severe…, Hope at last, Although not fully healed, Aisha is on the right path on a long road to recovery. She attends a UNICEF supported peer to peer support group where survivors of gender based violence receive psychosocial and emotional support to cope with the trauma they have been through but most importantly, a reason to smile again. “ I can smile now ,” she says…