immigration
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Beirut’s schoolchildren need our help to rebuild their lives
Beirut’s schoolchildren need our help to rebuild their lives Lebanon’s multiple simultaneous crises are fuelling domestic abuse, child exploitation, child marriages and child labour, writes Emma Pajunen, FCA’s humanitarian assistance coordinator living in Beirut. FCA has begun work in schools affected by the Beirut port explosion. I recently visited a Beirut school, where we are […]
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Ten years of war have passed, and Syria’s humanitarian disaster deepens
War-torn Syria has descended into a financial crisis that worsens the country’s humanitarian situation. Children living through the war need moments in which they can just be children. “How can I ever repay my country? I have been told that it is too tough for someone my age to ask, but I am growing up […]
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This is the time to build walls
It’s time to build a wall. Walls are in right now, a trending topic. A wall solves almost all problems. And if it doesn’t? Make it bigger. A great wall. The narrative of the wall keeps people safe. It creates corresponding images to the wall in our heads. The others need to be kept out. […]
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Amman Calling
How would you feel sending your children to study in a school that was damaged in battle and had no learning materials available? What would you think if your child was attending a class much lower than other children his age because the exams were in a foreign language and he couldn’t pass them? Would […]
