DFID - UK Department for International Development
Educating child refugees in Zaatari camp
Annas*, aged 14, wants to be a doctor when he’s older. For now, he’s a peer educator at a UNICEF school in Zaatari school. Aid from the UK is helping UNICEF provide education for over 1,000 children like Annas, as well as training teachers, and providing educational supplies to schools.
"Life is difficult here in Zaatari because of the heat and the dust. This is a desert and it's hard every day", he says.
"I came here 10 months ago with my parents, my sisters and brother, because of the bombing and the situation in our home town in Syria.
"School in Syria was different because we used to have lots of sporting activities. But I'm here for my education and nothing can stop me. It isn't preventing me from studying - I'm happy to be going to school.
"I want to be a doctor when I'm older, so that I can help people and save lives. And I hope to be able to go back to Syria, to help rebuild my country and have peace of mind once more."
*Name has been changed
Find out more about UK support for the Syria humanitarian crisis
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development
Educating child refugees in Zaatari camp
Annas*, aged 14, wants to be a doctor when he’s older. For now, he’s a peer educator at a UNICEF school in Zaatari school. Aid from the UK is helping UNICEF provide education for over 1,000 children like Annas, as well as training teachers, and providing educational supplies to schools.
"Life is difficult here in Zaatari because of the heat and the dust. This is a desert and it's hard every day", he says.
"I came here 10 months ago with my parents, my sisters and brother, because of the bombing and the situation in our home town in Syria.
"School in Syria was different because we used to have lots of sporting activities. But I'm here for my education and nothing can stop me. It isn't preventing me from studying - I'm happy to be going to school.
"I want to be a doctor when I'm older, so that I can help people and save lives. And I hope to be able to go back to Syria, to help rebuild my country and have peace of mind once more."
*Name has been changed
Find out more about UK support for the Syria humanitarian crisis
Picture: Russell Watkins/Department for International Development