stories...projects: environment: groundwater: lake chad basin: diffa, niger: JHahn_LakeChadBasin_09

Fanta Boulama, 17, stands on the farm land she rents outside of the Al haji Mairai Village/Camp. Fanta, originally from Abadam, Nigeria fled with 8 family members four times over the last two years, finally settled in Diffa. Farming has been very difficult as the soil is tough and water is scarce. They receive no food aid.