Five years ago, a man named Rami Adham made it his mission to help the refugee children of Syria, his country of origin (especially the children in Aleppo, his hometown). Adham, an aid worker, used his savings to buy food and medicine for the refugees, as well as toys for the children. After seeing how happy it made the children the first time he brought toys for them, he began to bring the toys every time he returned to Syria. Adham, who is now a Finnish resident, has established the Finnish-Syrian Association to collect donations. He visits different refugee camps in Syria every two months, bringing up to 70 kg of toys every time he makes the perilous journey back to Syria. The journey is dangerous not only because of the violence in Syria, but Syria closed most of its borders to traffic, causing him to have to smuggle the toys throughout the mountainous border between Syria and Turkey. However, none of the violence seems to faze the “toy smuggler of Aleppo.” The response he gets from the children each time he visits his what makes him continue working. Each time he visits, he makes it a point to visit a little girl that can’t speak. The young girl lost her voice while screaming at the government forces who killed her father and kidnapped her mother. Since the first time Adham met the little girl, he’s given her a Barbie and a My Little Pony toy, saying that “her reaction is always the same, a beautiful smile” (Rami Adham). Recently, Adham has established a Go Fund Me campaign to raise money to build a school for the refugee children. In the two months since he started the campaign, he has obtained over €60,000 of the €100,000 Euros he needs to build the school. I think that Adham is doing an amazing thing. The toys and supplies he brings for the children will give them hope during this terrible time in Syria. I also hope that he gets all the money he needs to build the school for the refugee children. Source: http://www.dogonews.com/2016/10/3/rami-adham-brings-joy-to-syrias-children-one-toy-at-a-time
0 Comments
Leave a Reply. |
AuthorI'm a ninth grader at Woodside Priory School. Archives
April 2017
Categories |