Al Zara is from Mainok, a town in Borno state that is frequently attacked by Boko Haram. Her son, a father of two girls, was killed during one of the attacks. Al Zara is at the therapeutic feeding centre managed by MSF in Damaturu, in neighbouring Yobe state. Her daughter-in-law and her two granddaughters are both suffering from severe acute malnutrition. The girls were referred from Beni Shiekh, a town in west Borno, where thousands of internally displaced people have moved in recent months fleeing violence.