It is very early in the morning when water falling on my face jolts me awake. The raindrops are blowing into the small bedroom through a gap between the roof and side wall, and, unfortunately, the platform bed on which I am curled is occupied by four other women. Having nowhere to move, I coil up into a tighter ball under our shared blanket and attempt to sleep …despite the small pool of liquid that has formed a sheen on my cheek.

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