WATCH THIS 360 VIDEO MADE BY A SYRIAN GIRL
April 2018 update
As the Syrian war enters its eighth year, more than two million children still live in refugee camps. For most of them, life in the camp is all they know.
But thanks to you, these children are getting the support they need to rebuild their lives. For Marah, being able to go to school and make friends is what kept her going. "When I started going to school and met some other girls, my life started improving," she says.
In this short video she takes you into her world and shows how you're helping young people like her build a brighter future.
Use the arrow button on the top left corner of the video or click and drag the screen to have a full view of Marah's world.
When Marah first arrived at the Za'atari camp in Jordan, she was just 13 years old. She'd been forced to flee the violence in Syria. Away from her home and everything she knew, she'd lost all her dreams. "When I first arrived, I didn't care for anything," she says.
After receiving training, it became my dream to become a professional filmmaker,
- Marah, 18
Thanks to your support, she was able to heal from her trauma. It's taken a long time, but she now has hope for the future.
“My message to every girl in the world is never stop dreaming.” - Marah, 18
Life's still not easy in the camp, but Marah, now 18, is happily married, and has a five-month-old baby boy, Omar. She's learned about photography and making videos and wants to pursue her dream of becoming a filmmaker.
Thank you for helping Marah, and other children like her, have hope for their future.