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2000s: A heart-wrenching true story about life in a Kenyan refugee camp
When Stars are Scattered
What you need to know before your trail
Omar and his brother Hassan, two Somali boys, have spent a long time in the Dadaab refugee camp. Separated from their mother, they are looked after by a friendly stranger. Life in the camp isn’t always easy. The hunger is constant . . . but there’s football to look forward to, and now there’s a chance Omar will get to go to school
Travel Guide
A real life story of a boy in a Kenyan refugee camp
This is a true life story, set in a Kenyan refugee camp and told from the perspective of a young Omar Mohamed, who is one of the co-creators of this book. After the death of their father, Omar and his brother Hassan spend much of their childhood in the camp in Kenya. A woman named Fatuma taken them under her wing as they don’t know where their mother is.
Dadaab is a semi-arid town and the site of a UNHCR base. As of 13 May 2019,it’s the third-largest such complex in the world
The story follows Omar as he starts school and tries to resettle in a new country. Life in a refugee camp is strange, unsettling and uncertain but it’s practically all he has ever known.
This is what life on a camp is like, in the words of a young boy.
BookTrail Boarding Pass: When Stars are Scattered
Destination/location: Kenya Author/guide: Victoria Jamieson Departure Time: 2000s
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