The desert doctor traversing djibouti's Grand Bara Desert

[Deeq A.]

March is officially labelled as winter (‘saison fraiche’) in Djibouti and yet temperatures can reach up to 29 degrees Celsius. It is difficult to imagine how people can make this journey, through the desert on foot in the summer months (June to July), but Dr Youssouf, who is responsible for running the International Organization for Migration's (IOM) mobile health patrols in the desert to provide life-saving assistance to migrants, says “They do.”

Source: Hiiraan Online