MUTUMIN
GIDAN
Age: 30
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Country/region: Damisa
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Status: Engaged
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Family: Mutumin has two children with his girlfriend Uwar.
However, he has never seen his youngest boy because he has been trapped in the camps for 3 years now. Mutumin and Uwar are engaged for 3 years, but they never got to marry because of the imprisonment.
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Profession: Before being locked up in the camps, Mutumin was involved in politics. He was a man with a beautiful ideology, he wanted peace and equality in Damisa. Because he was a member of the resistance against the regime, he was imprisoned in the camps.
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Social class: Before being imprisoned, he belonged to the upper middle class.
07:00 : The guards wake me up.
They give me food (not a lot)
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09:00 – 13:00: Compulsory work in the mines, you will be punished if you do not continue to work or listen.
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13:00 - 15:00 : Free time in the cell.
15:00 18:00 : Compulsory work in the mines, you will be punished if you do not continue to work or listen.
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18:00 : Mandatory showering.
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20:00 : Time to sleep.
A day in my life
Goals: His main goal in life right now, is seeing his two children (Kadan and Rungume) and his girlfriend again. He has never seen Kadan in real life, because he’s only 3 years old.
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Needs: He wants justice for his captivity, because he doesn't know why he's still being held.
He wants to fight for a fair and peaceful Damisa so he can be happy again with his family and build a future that is now being taken from him.
About:
Besides politics, I am an athletic man who loves challenges. I would like to try all kinds of sports in Damisa. Cooking is also one of my favourite pastimes, no one makes better banana pudding than me!
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Unfortunately, I am locked up in the camps because of my political opinions, and I don't know when I will be released. Because of this, I miss my freedom, but also my family very much.
UWAR GIDA
Gender: female
Age: 28 years old
Country: Damisa
Status: Engaged
Family: I have two children, they are called Rungume and Kadan. My two little boys are aged 6 and 3. My husband Mutumin has been imprisoned in camps for 3 years. So I am completely on my own.
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Profession: A nurse at Damisa General Hospital
Social Class: Working class. Before my husband ended up in the prison camps, our family belonged to the upper middle class.
I am a loving mother.
I attach great importance to relationships with my family and friends. I also do my job as a nurse with passion. I would describe myself as a helpful and sweet person.
You can always count on me. This is also my weakness, because sometimes I am more concerned about others than myself. I try to be optimistic, but this is not always easy.
My husband has been in prison camps for three years. This is a very difficult subject to talk about with my children. They are too young to understand.
Goals:
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Giving my children every opportunity
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To become the head nurse
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Making people's lives more bearable by helping them with voluntary work
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Raising environmental awareness for the next generation
Needs:
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I want justice for my own husband and all the other innocent people detained in the prison camps.
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I have a full-time job and full responsibility for my children. I sometimes put myself aside for others. That’s why I need some ME-time.
Likes:
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Polo
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Quality time with the family or friends
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Taking care of others
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Cooking
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Wild life and nature
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Dislikes:
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Injustice
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Pollution
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Exploitation of people
6:30 : Waking up the children
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7:00 : Having breakfast together and preparing lunch for everyone.
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7:30 : Going to school by bus
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8:00 : Dropping the children off at school
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8:30 : Uwar begins her eight-hour shift at the hospital.
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16:30 : Uwar has finished working
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17:00 : Uwar is waiting for her children at school. They take the bus back home together.
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17:30 : The children do their homework while Uwar is cooking.
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18:30 : They eat dinner together.
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19:00 : Uwar makes sure that the children take a shower before going to bed.
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20:00 : Uwar reads a bedtime story. She puts Kadan and Rungume to bed.
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20:30 : A friend of Uwar's drops by to have a chat.
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22:00 : Uwar goes to bed.