teachersworldwide:Yemen’s Children Bear the Brunt of War as Hundreds of Schools Remain ClosedSchools
teachersworldwide:Yemen’s Children Bear the Brunt of War as Hundreds of Schools Remain ClosedSchools have been attacked and huge numbers of children bear the mental scars of living through bombings, killings and fleeing from their homes. Arwa, 8-years old who lives in a war zone, all what she wants to do is go back to school. She is one of the millions of children who have been affected by the conflict in Yemen, which erupted just over a year ago.Children are bearing the brunt of the war in Yemen, and reports from “Save The Children” and the United Nations children’s agency UNICEF demonstrate the extent of their suffering.Relatively, the UNICEF said: “After the escalation of the conflict and the closure of nearly 3600 schools, over 1.8 million school-aged children were forced out of school, bringing the school-age population out of school to 3.4 million - half of the total school-age children.”(via Alahednews:: Yemen’s Children Bear the Brunt of War as Hundreds of Schools Remain Closed) -- source link