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title: "Mercy"
description: "“I came here alone. I am living alone. I am the only one in my family living here, so life is a little hard for me.\""
url: "https://www.nrc.no/more-than-a-number-home/mercy"
language: "en"
published: "2016-07-17T06:00:00Z"
modified: "2016-07-17T06:18:29Z"
---

# Mercy

Published 17. Jul 2016

[More than a number](https://www.nrc.no/themes?categoryId=312)

This article was first published more than 10 years ago

“I came here alone. I am living alone. I am the only one in my family living here, so life is a little hard for me."

"Staying alone, eating alone, sleeping alone and doing everything alone is really stressful. There is no one to support you. I got admitted to the University of Nairobi to study Public Relations, but I cannot afford the fees to go. At the moment I have no opportunities for a scholarship, so I have to wait.”

*South Sudanese Mercy (22) is #MoreThanANumber (Location: Kakuma, Kenya)*

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