By Najwa Mekki
Life is a daily struggle for nearly 200 families who live on the banks of the Ubangi River in Bangui, the capital of the. Rising water levels forced them - not for the first time - to seek drier land on the other side of the river, leaving them with no homes, no jobs and hardly any prospects.
Where they live is a small stretch of land in a sand-and-gravel quarry, just a 10-minute drive from the city centre. Their homes are pieces of tarp held together by sticks, which crumble when it's windy and get washed away when it rains. There are no schools, no toilets, no running water.
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