Summary Of Kristin Lewis Shattered Lives

In the article ¨Shattered lives¨ by Kristin Lewis, Dania, an 11 year old girl, faces several challenges as a refugee outside her country. A brutal civil war has taken place in Syria, Dania´s home town, her father has dug a hole in their backyard to keep them safe from the bombs and shells. As things kept getting worse for her and her family, they fled to a host country. Akkar a sparsely populated mountain region in northern Lebanon, Jordan Egypt, or Turkey.

After the war ended, millions died of homelessness, starvation, disease. They then created a group called the UNHCR to help refugees established in 1950. They provided food, water, and shelter to those who could not go home. But the living conditions for refugees were particularly

dire. You could see children with nothing more than a pair of pajamas to wear. Some refuges rented apartments until their saving ran out. Others lived in abandoned buildings. One group has even made their home out of an old prison. Dania and her family have been living in a small garage, they have running water, but no heat so that makes it hard as the cold winter hits.

Education is hard in their host country schools are crowded and difficult to reach, children is working closely with the government to help kids get an education. A minibus takes Dania to her school it's a 10 minute drive along isolated mountain roads. Dania has made a new friend another Syrian girl named Nadeen they sit together each day studying, reading and learning. With pride Dania says that she intends to become a doctor when she grows up, ¨I will wear a nice white outfit and have a stethoscope around my neck,” she says. ¨I won't take any money from the poor and will treat them for free.¨