Story | 11 March 2022
On a rainy winter’s day, 12-year-old Issa walks to school in Hama, Syria in a pair of old sneakers and a thin cotton sweater. This is all he has to fend off the weather, but even on the coldest days, nothing can keep him home from school.
Today, Issa has already been awake since before dawn. He had to queue at a local bakery to collect fresh bread for his family.