Reason #4: The next generation

Yasmin, age 9: ‘I like my teddy bear and playing with the chicken. I would like to be a high school teacher when I grow up. I want to teach French and Arabic. Every day, I play with my neighbour Suzan. I don’t play with boys! I like Lebanon a little bit. My wish is to have a home again.’

Fahed, age 10: ‘When I grow up I would like to be an electrical engineer because I love to fix my toys and attach wires. I have this toy: it’s precious because I made it. I found the wheel myself, it’s part of a bicycle. I think there should be peace in Syria and not war, and people shouldn’t be destroying Syria.’

Nada, age 8: ‘I don’t remember Syria. I am happy. I like to write and study and succeed. I passed second in my class. I want to be a doctor, a pediatrician. The one thing I want in this world is that people won’t get sick.’

Ahmad, 13: ‘I want to be an engineer. I would love to build things. There are a lot of things missing, like companies, hospitals, banks, and houses and schools. I love running most, and playing football, but I don’t have a football. We have one football that me and my friends share together.’