Yemen’s displaced children dream of returning to school

Taiz, Yemen – At sunrise, 12-year-old Ahmed wakes up under the roof of a tent in a displacement camp in the Wadi Bani Khawlan area of Taiz governorate’s Jabal Habashi district. He spends his days playing with other children or retreating to lie down inside the tent. This has been his routine for the past two weeks, ever since he had to flee his village of al-Ashroh, west of the city of Taiz.Life in the camp is “boring”, he says. He misses everything about his home and his village, particularly his school bag and his walk to school every morning.Recommended Stories list of 3 itemslist 1 of 3Turkiye, Pakistan agree Saudi Arabia military deployment under Mecca pactlist 2 of 3Yemeni gov’t forces aim for Sanaa, but Houthi defeat will be a challengelist 3 of 3Photos: Yemen’s hospitals struggle to operate amid persistent power outagesend of list“I left my school bag in the house as we fled the clashes, and I do not know if I will carry it again and go back to my classroom and meet my teachers and classmates,” Ahmed told Al Jazeera.There’s no school at the displacement camp for Ahmed to attend, and even if he were back home in his village, his school there is also closed. Across conflict-a...