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Past School ExperiencesThe Road to Refuge – Karunamba Refugee Children in Camps “I met Francois Niyomugabo, 14, as he was returning to Rwanda after seven years in DR Congo. His mother had died and he had been separated from his father. He had missed out entirely on schooling and was illiterate…” “Innocent Bifuko-Karubamba , 16, told me he had not held a pen for three years since he had been displaced, with his mother and younger brother, by the fighting in his native region of Masisi, DR Congo…” Refugee Children in Camps “See, we was caught together with my father and they tied us with chain and some people were killed and the houses were burned. Here we are after that: we were in the village. They came once again. Immediately they started to beat us. They took our goats and cows and burned our houses—together with our clothes…” Are refugee camps good for children? Educational Background Why is education important? The Refugee Experience: Education – Understanding the Psychosocial Needs of Children and Adolescents Children have an absolute right to education even if that child is an asylum seeker or is in a transit camp – no government can deny a child within its borders this right… Photos of School Children What does school look like in a refugee camp? Sebastian Salgado captures the world of refugee children in moving portraits. Education: Escape from Ignorance “The eastern region is in a dusty area. No trees. Children made holes in the plastic sheeting. After three or four months, the schools were gone and had to be replaced,” said van de Casteele… The Joy of Learning – Educational Programs Around the World Imagine if being able to go to school seemed like an impossible dream. That’s how it is for more than 125 million kids around the world. In many poor countries, children are denied the basic right to an education… The Road to Refuge – Life in a Foreign Land: School of Hope Victor Saa Luceny is a Sierra Leonean refugee in Guinea. He told Beatrice Murail how, after losing his wife and child in the war, he opened a school for refugee children… |