Lebanon’s ‘Fun Bus’ offers kids a respite from street work
Joint UNHCR and EU scheme offers Syrian refugees and other children a safe space to learn and play, as part of wider push to get kids out of work and into school. By Dalal Mawad in Beirut, Lebanon On a recent afternoon in a drab neighborhood in the west of Lebanon’s...
Eritrean minors reunited with mother after eight-year odyssey
Kedija, 15, and Yonas, 12, survived kidnapping, detention, and a failed sea crossing before finally rejoining their mother in Switzerland. By Tarik Argaz in Tripoli, Libya Last March, as they languished in a detention centre in the Libyan city of Misrata, Kedija* and...
12-year-old South Sudanese refugee girl dreams of future
A Dream to Heal Suffering It’s hard to imagine how a 12-year-old girl, forced to flee South Sudan after losing her family to conflict, can speak with courage and drive to relieve the suffering of others. It is with such clear faith in humanity that Eva explains how...