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Quoted: "Making a difference is what keeps me here"


November 16, 2011
By The IRC

International Rescue Committee nutrition nurse Sirat Aminwith Minhaj Gedi Farah, two months after the baby was treated for severe malnutrition and anemia at the IRC's hospital in Dadaab, Kenya.

Photo: Edward Macharia/IRC
"You can see if a child is getting better just from the face of the parent. Making a difference is what keeps me here."
 
— Sirat Amin, International Rescue Committee nutrition nurse in Hagadera Camp, Dadaab, Kenya. Three out of five children in the camp suffer from malnutrition. The children are rushed to the IRC’s stabilization center, which is part of the IRC-run hospital in Dadaab. Here they receive food and medical care.
 
See a photo essay about Minhaj Gedi Farah, one of the children who has made a remarkable recovery after being treated by Sirat and his IRC colleagues at the stabilization center. 
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