Ukraine’s refugees: For children who have left their homes, Europe’s schools promise a fresh start
EMMA BATHA, of Thomson Reuters Foundation, reports on how Europe’s schools are scrambling to make space for more than 1.5 million children fleeing the war in Ukraine…
From Gaziantep to Glasgow, Little Amal delivers seeds of hope to COP26
Glasgow, UKReuters After walking thousands of miles across Europe, a giant puppet named Little Amal reached the Glasgow COP26 talks on Tuesday to raise awareness of the plight of refugee children on the front line of climate change. On Gender Day, the 3.5 metre tall Amal – a figure representing a young Syrian girl refugee […]
Puppet makes cross-Europe trek to support child refugees
Geneva, SwitzerlandReuters A 3.5 metre tall puppet depicting a Syrian refugee girl arrived in Geneva on Tuesday as part of an 8,000-kilometres walk across Europe to raise awareness of the plight of young refugees. “Little Amal” – which means ‘hope’ in Arabic – started her journey on 27th July in Gaziantep, Turkey, near the Syrian […]