That's great that these young girls try to help educate the kids who are younger than they are. Now who is going to help them further their own education?
Nejmeh, 13, addresses her class in a Syrian refugee camp in Ketermaya, Lebanon. She is one of two young girls in this camp who acts as a teacher for younger children. Josh Wood for The National
In Lebanon’s refugee camps, Syrian girls start outdoor schools
Josh Wood
Foreign Correspondent
March 22, 2015 Updated: March 22, 2015 09:36 PM
The children in the informal refugee camp where Baraa lives — a collection of shacks in a former olive grove tucked between rocky hills in the Chouf Mountains — are among hundreds of thousands of school-age Syrians in Lebanon without access to formal education. Baraa has been out of school for more than three years now, but she attempts to pass on what little she has learned to younger children who have never set foot in a real classroom.
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http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/in-lebanons-refugee-camps-syrian-gir
Nejmeh, 13, addresses her class in a Syrian refugee camp in Ketermaya, Lebanon. She is one of two young girls in this camp who acts as a teacher for younger children. Josh Wood for The National
In Lebanon’s refugee camps, Syrian girls start outdoor schools
Josh Wood
Foreign Correspondent
March 22, 2015 Updated: March 22, 2015 09:36 PM
The children in the informal refugee camp where Baraa lives — a collection of shacks in a former olive grove tucked between rocky hills in the Chouf Mountains — are among hundreds of thousands of school-age Syrians in Lebanon without access to formal education. Baraa has been out of school for more than three years now, but she attempts to pass on what little she has learned to younger children who have never set foot in a real classroom.
Continue reading at:
http://www.thenational.ae/world/middle-east/in-lebanons-refugee-camps-syrian-gir
