For Syrian refugee children, poignant reminders of home paid UNICEFUSA
In Jordan's Za'atari refugee camp, Syrian refugee Yara, 10, treasures a little doll she brought from home.They have been through so much, and they have so little. Many of the approximately 40,000 Syrian refugee children growing up in Jordan's sprawling Za'atari refugee camp don't remember a time before Syria's brutal civil war began in 2011. in Za'atari, where children can go to learn, play, receive special services — and share distant memories of home.
Rudaina, 11, keeps the keys to her family's old house in Syria."I brought them with me because when we go back to Syria, I'm going to be the one who opens the door."Rudaina, 11, holds the keys to her old house in Syria."These are my house keys," she says proudly."I brought them with me because when we go back to Syria, I'm going to be the one who opens the door. My parents tell me that Syria is beautiful. I was so little that I don't remember.
Omar lost both of his older brothers in the conflict. His brother Abdulrahman was just 7 years old when he was killed."He bought Ben 10 for me in the market and told me to take care of him. We used to watch the cartoon together. I still watch it now." Omar has two little sisters."I'm the only boy now. I think my brother would be proud of me."
He still remembers the beginning of the conflict in Syria."Children were being killed and houses were being bombed. My father feared for our lives and for our future. When we had to leave Syria, it was winter. I remember crossing a valley and the ground was difficult to walk on. It was dangerous, and cars were sliding on the ice."
Yahya, 13, likes to look at a photo of himself taken when he started school in Syria."I was in the first grade for one week and then we had to come here," he says."I remember how my school looked. It was beautiful.""This is a photo of me. It's my memory," says 13-year-old Yahya."It means a lot to me because it was taken for my school registration form. I was in the first grade for only one week and then we had to come here.
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