Freeal Jummah, 15, holds two jerrycans that her family received as part of a Mercy Corps NFI distribution. Hers is one of 400 families that received NFI kits from Mercy Corps on this day; the kit included 6 blankets, 2 jerrycans, a tarp and a rope.Before the crisis, her family farmed for a living. They fled the fighting in Shirqat, south of Mosul, and have been in IDP camps since January. Freeal and her siblings wait in line for water twice a day for up to an hour. Her mother, Hela Salama Jummah, said {quote}This is my country, my birthplace. I would hope to be able to go home.""
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