Her two nieces came to visit today.  They too have come down from Bamenda area for the safety of their families.  Dorothy's Aunt and their mother died in March.  Right after the funeral the husband of one of the girls fled for his life, running off into the forest.  They were in an area where the Ambazonian fighters were staying and it was assumed that any man in that area was one of them.  The government military was coming through and killing every man from that area on sight.  And so he ran.  He has phoned his wife once since leaving, but it has been a long time since she has heard from him. He left her with their fifteen year old son, their eight year old twin sons, and their five year old triplets, two sons and a daughter.  For safety sake she has come down here now.  She does not know when she will see her husband, or frankly, if he is still alive.  Her rent has been paid for seven months.  They are eating the food they carried down here with them.  She is trying to find a job of some kind, but she has no marketable skills.  We gave her a large bag of food.  Dorothy was deeply touched.

The other niece lives in Odza with her husband and their child.  They have been here for a few years.  She is a school teacher and he has a shop where he sells telephones.  They are doing OK.

War upsets families.  There is nothing good that comes out of war.