{"id":27582,"date":"2015-04-22T15:17:03","date_gmt":"2015-04-22T22:17:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/?p=27582"},"modified":"2020-06-04T16:29:18","modified_gmt":"2020-06-04T23:29:18","slug":"syrian-refugee-children-fleeing-violence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.worldvision.org\/refugees-news-stories\/syrian-refugee-children-fleeing-violence","title":{"rendered":"Syrian refugee crisis: Children fleeing violence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Their struggles are daily, if not hourly. Amid shattered dreams and broken hearts in Lebanon’s Bekaa Valley, Syrian refugee<\/a> children like Ali, Hassan, Nour, Marie, and Ayat live in shelters that are haphazard jumbles near the Syrian border.<\/p>\n

Twelve-year-old Ali spends his days wading against traffic and the tides of despair to eke out a living for his family by selling tissues.<\/p>\n

“Our situation is very bad,” Ali says.<\/p>\n

The girls, Nour, Marie, and Ayat, once academic overachievers, spend their time in mind-numbing boredom. Their memories of what it was like to learn, read, and discover are fading.<\/p>\n

Hassan, 10, big brother to a family of little sisters, worries about keeping them warm from the chill of endless nights.<\/p>\n

In “Syria Crisis: Children Fleeing Violence,” a 2:28-minute video produced by World Vision, Syrian refugee children share moments of their life — their stories of survival, loss, pain, and hardship. They also share their hope to return home. But their long wait is now getting much longer.<\/p>\n