This is great for the children residing in this refugee camp.
Sunday, May 3, 2015 | 07:08 p.m.
‘Ideas Box’ brings oasis of learning to child refugees
May 01, 2015
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP: The middle of a desert is not the kind of place you’d expect to be able to sit down with a good book, watch a movie or surf the Internet.
But that is exactly what children who have fled the deadly conflict in Syria are now able to do at Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. The camp, some 100 kilometres east of Amman, opened a year ago and now has a population of 18,000 and a capacity of 100,000.
For young impressionable minds, the major battle has been to ward off boredom. Azraq now boasts a library nestling in the middle of thousands of metal sheds.
It was created at the initiative of French NGO Libraries without Borders (BSF) in partnership with the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR and the NGO Care.
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gulftoday.ae Ideas Box brings oasis of learning to child refugees
Sunday, May 3, 2015 | 07:08 p.m.
‘Ideas Box’ brings oasis of learning to child refugees
May 01, 2015
AZRAQ REFUGEE CAMP: The middle of a desert is not the kind of place you’d expect to be able to sit down with a good book, watch a movie or surf the Internet.
But that is exactly what children who have fled the deadly conflict in Syria are now able to do at Azraq refugee camp in Jordan. The camp, some 100 kilometres east of Amman, opened a year ago and now has a population of 18,000 and a capacity of 100,000.
For young impressionable minds, the major battle has been to ward off boredom. Azraq now boasts a library nestling in the middle of thousands of metal sheds.
It was created at the initiative of French NGO Libraries without Borders (BSF) in partnership with the United Nations refugee agency UNHCR and the NGO Care.
Continue reading at:
gulftoday.ae Ideas Box brings oasis of learning to child refugees
