kids and toys bibibidi refugee camp uganda

See the ingenious toys made by refugee children

In a remote refugee camp in Uganda, South Sudanese kids create their own entertainment from mud, paper, and plastic.

Isaac Lemi, a 13-year-old refugee from South Sudan living in Uganda, holds a toy bus he made out of a box from the World Food Program. Toys are scarce in Bidibidi, so children entertain themselves with handmade creations.
Photograph by Nora Lorek, National Geographic

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