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70-year-old Kakai fled her village when it was attacked, and in the chaos she was separated from her two sons. She is now alone and living in a makeshift camp in a school near Chahar Gulli.
“I am old weak and I am going through an inner pain because my two sons were separated from me while we were feeding our village and I don’t know where they went.
 No options
“I have never experienced anything like this before in my life. When the fighting started we were at home, but very quickly the situation got very bad and we had no other option but to leave.
“The whole village fled in fear. There was panic and chaos and I got separated from my sons. I looked for them but couldn’t find them, but then I came across my neighbours who offered to take me to a safe place.
“We did not have any money to hire a vehicle and we had to walk for two days to get here. The journey was extremely difficult and I found it hard to walk in the mountains for so long with no food or water.
Staying in a school
“I came with my neighbours to this village, Chahar Gulli, and I am now staying in a school. Most of my fellow villagers are also staying here and they are taking care of me by providing food and water.
I feel helpless
“I sleep here on the floor with a very thin sheet and my back hurts badly. But the most painful thing is not having my two sons around me. They are everything to me and I miss them so much. I feel so helpless; if anyone can help me to get my sons back that is what I want more than anything. I do not even want food, I just want to  be reunited with my family.
No possessions
“I left everything behind when I fled my village; my house, my cattle, all my possessions. I don’t know what has happened to it all. I left with nothing; I didn’t even have my shoes on when fled my village and my neighbor had to give me a pair of shoes.
“My husband died a long time ago and it has been difficult to cope without him. Now I am penniless. I have nothing and would like to ask those people who can help to do whatever they can because we are suffering so much.”
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