BBC Features The Maiduguri Baker Who Feeds Children Of Boko Haram’s Victims

An Exclusive report by the BBC world Service Trust captures the life of a Maiduguri baker who is feeding the Children of the victims of Boko Haram sect..

Katerina Vittozzi report reads, “Behind the rusting walls of a Nigerian bakery, young boys forced out of their homes by Boko Haram, have found refuge. They are the sons of bakers killed or kidnapped by the insurgents and brought together by one man’s kindness.”

The writer continued, “The baker and I sat on small wooden stools away from the oven. It was still giving out a good amount of heat. Via a translator, he explained that all these boys came here after Boko Haram attacked their homes. They are the sons of other bakers, from villages outside Maiduguri. Their fathers were among the thousands who had been killed or kidnapped by the insurgents.”

“The baker felt responsible for the welfare of other bakers and their extended families. They started arriving in 2012 – just a few people at first but last year Boko Haram intensified attacks in and around Maiduguri. More people started to arrive looking for shelter, food, water and money. He said he had helped find homes for almost 300 people, most of them women and children.”

The reporter describes the Bakery, “His bakery was equally tidy – made up of one large, main room with a cement floor and a brick oven in the corner. I was wrong – nothing was cooking there. The fire was going out. The day’s baking was done. Piles of rectangular and round loaves of white bread were stacked on the wooden table, wrapped and ready for sale.

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