"What am I afraid of? I'm afraid of life." | UNICEF

“I dream about going back to school and not working anymore.”
Like thousands of unaccompanied Syrian refugee children in Lebanon, 14-year-old Yasmeen and her 12-year-old brother work to pay for rent and food. Without any support system, they have no choice but toil in fields and struggle with domestic work. Living in appalling conditions at a collective shelter for refugees in south Lebanon, Yasmeen says “I have been here for three years, but it feels like one long day. You have to work, you have to survive and you have to pay rent. Is this a life worth living?”
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