Since the beginning of the Syrian Civil War in March of 2011, it has claimed nearly 470,000 lives, 12,000 or more were children (Sinha 1). Within a span of five years since the war began, nearly 3.7 million children have been born in Syria, meaning, 3.7 million children grew up only knowing war and violence (Rasha 1). They weren’t given the opportunity to a good life or a happy childhood. These children are starving and in dire need of outside help. They are going through and seeing things no adult should have to face, let alone small children. Syrian Children do not have access to adequate health care or an education system, they are suffering with severe mental illnesses as a direct result of the Civil War, and they have fled Syria only
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Older siblings often resort to taking on jobs in order to care for and provide for their families. These older siblings, however, can be anywhere from 8-18, which means the child labor rate is at an all time high. Christine Abbyad describes, “Our grocery store hires boys aged eight to ten. They run errands, deliver groceries, and do whatever the shopkeeper asks of them.” (Abbyad 13). These children feel as though they need to become the “breadwinners” for their family when their parents struggle to find work. Christine Abbyad lives in Lebanon and has witnessed child labor and child refugee struggles all over her home town of Beirut. The children in Lebanon are easy to spot because they are often sleeping on the streets and have little to no posessions to call their own. During the grueling winters the homeless and orphaned children struggle the most. They do not have adequite clothing to get them through negative temperatures. Children are dying from hypothermia or losing whole fingers and toes because of frost bite. Sure, humanitarian aide is being sent to the children inside of Syria, but people often forget about the relocated refugees. They don’t just cross the Syrian border and get a free ticket to a better life. These children still face very real struggles and still need every one’s
Older siblings often resort to taking on jobs in order to care for and provide for their families. These older siblings, however, can be anywhere from 8-18, which means the child labor rate is at an all time high. Christine Abbyad describes, “Our grocery store hires boys aged eight to ten. They run errands, deliver groceries, and do whatever the shopkeeper asks of them.” (Abbyad 13). These children feel as though they need to become the “breadwinners” for their family when their parents struggle to find work. Christine Abbyad lives in Lebanon and has witnessed child labor and child refugee struggles all over her home town of Beirut. The children in Lebanon are easy to spot because they are often sleeping on the streets and have little to no posessions to call their own. During the grueling winters the homeless and orphaned children struggle the most. They do not have adequite clothing to get them through negative temperatures. Children are dying from hypothermia or losing whole fingers and toes because of frost bite. Sure, humanitarian aide is being sent to the children inside of Syria, but people often forget about the relocated refugees. They don’t just cross the Syrian border and get a free ticket to a better life. These children still face very real struggles and still need every one’s