Refugee Children Gear Up for School in Greece

Nour ran out of the bleak refugee camp, her shoulders weighed down by a brand-new school bag. "Let's go! Let's go!" the 6-year-old's classmates cheered in English, and the children set off on foot to class on the Greek island of Chios, home since their families fled the Syrian war for Europe. At the school, set up by volunteers, they will be taught how to write their names and count to 10. The teenagers among them will begin making up for lost...

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