The war in South Sudan flared up again in the summer of 2016. Daniel was in school when it came to his home town.
"I ran from school, together with my friends. We ran, but the men followed. They shot those who ran, one by one."
The flight
Daniel is from the city of Yei, south in the country. There has been war in South Sudan since 2013, but the fighting spread again in July. So in July, Daniel fled, alongside his sister Eve Dawa (6), his aunt Ruth Night (20) and his cousin Mary Sunday (4).
Since July, over 300,000 South Sudanese have been driven from their homes and across the border to Uganda. More than 1.2 million people in total have fled from South Sudan to neighbouring countries since the war broke out in December 2013.
We meet Daniel in a reception centre for refugees in Kuluba, on the border between Uganda and South Sudan. He tells us about the flight from his home country.
"We spent three days traveling here from Yei. We had to take a detour through DR Congo because armed men had blocked the main road to Uganda," he says.
While traveling to Uganda, they saw many dead.
"I do not like war," says Daniel. He has lost both his parents in this war.
His mother and father died
Daniels' mother died in 2014, just after the war in South Sudan broke out for the first time. Daniel and his sister were living with their father, a carpenter.
"We had a good life," says Daniel .
When the fighting started again this summer, armed groups arrested his father.
"They took him with them and killed him," says Daniel.
He realised his father had been killed only after he came to Uganda.
"I heard it from other people who knew him. My aunt was in the village when she heard my father had been arrested, and she decided to find us and take care of us."
Ensures access to clean water
The Norwegian Refugee Council (NRC) accompanied Daniel, his sister and his aunt from the border to the reception center Bidbidi in the district of Yumbe, north in Uganda. Here, he spent one night before he continued to Yoyo, a settlement for refugees which would become his new home.
The Norwegian Refugee Council ensures that the refugees in the camp has access to clean water and toilets.
"I am happy to be here," says Daniel, "But I wish I could go to school and play with my friends."
He does not want to go back to South Sudan, as he has lost both his parents and friends to the war.
"I dream of becoming a doctor, so that I can help my people," he says.
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