2018 - Ongoing
Amman, Jordan; Tripoli, Liban-Nord, Lebanon; Gaziantep, Turkey
Syrian refugee students get on the van to go to school from Homs League Abroad at 12 pm. Since Syrian refugee children in Amman aren’t allowed to take a class with Jordanian students at school, they go to school from 12 pm every day, unlike Jordanian student goes to school from 8 am. On April 8th, 2018 at Homs League Abroad in Amman, Jordan.
Syrian refugee children gather around foods before going to the private school on December 20th, 2018 at Homs League Abroad Tripoli Center in Tripoli, Lebanon. Tripoli Center holds extra class for their 85 Syrian students. Since Lebanese school teaches in English, they are suffering educational gap as a Syrian.
There are soccer court and basketball court at Homs League Abroad in Amman, Jordan. They also have sports classes for Syrian refugee student in order to reduce their stress from Syrian Civil War by moving theiir body and having fun. All of their 70 students are refugee from Syria. Either them or their parents experienced war, and their experience is tormenting them by causing PTSD after lived in Jordan for more than 8 years. On April 10th, 2018 at Homs League Abroad in Amman, Jordan.
Restaurant owner, Samir Dhaghistani, 43, is one of the Syrian refugees from Homs, Syria, live in Tripoli, Lebanon now. He came to Tripoli with his 5 children and wife 4 years ago. However, his restaurant was shut down by Lebanese Government since Syrian refugees aren't allowed to work in Lebanon. In the beginning of December, Samir had to send his family back to Homs because it was too expensive to live in Lebanon with only $100/month from his current job. Now, he works at the restaurant and living in the basement of it.
Aisha, Zuhur, Serin, Mahdin are the sibling lives without their parents in the Homs League Abroad Tripoli Center 2. After their father died during Syrian Civil War, their mother left the sibling in Syria and fled to Lebanon with her new husband. Their aunt figured their situation and brought them to Lebanon to stay in shelter. Even still, the sibling don't know where their mother is.