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Asmelash, 32, Adi Harush refugee camp, Ethiopia
Asmelash works in the camp as a drama teacher for the Jesuit Refugee Service. He teaches young refugees drama, film production, scriptwriting and dance. The classes help manage the stress and trauma of life as a refugee, he says, for both him and his pupils. Asmelash is co-writing a book on drama and dance classes as therapy.
www.odi.org/features/journeys-on-hold
Photo: ODI/Gabriel Pecot
Asmelash, 32, Adi Harush refugee camp, Ethiopia
Asmelash works in the camp as a drama teacher for the Jesuit Refugee Service. He teaches young refugees drama, film production, scriptwriting and dance. The classes help manage the stress and trauma of life as a refugee, he says, for both him and his pupils. Asmelash is co-writing a book on drama and dance classes as therapy.
www.odi.org/features/journeys-on-hold
Photo: ODI/Gabriel Pecot