Volunteers are leading informal classes in the Gaza Strip, trying to preserve what remains of children’s educational opportunities.

Every morning Enas Mohammed, a teacher, gathers children for lessons in reading, writing and drawing under a simple tent she set up with nylon fabric in the Al Nuseirat refugee camp. She doesn’t have a blackboard so she uses a large piece of cardboard to teach. Even with limited resources, Ms. Mohammed says the initiative helps maintain a daily routine for the children. The tent has become a small safe space where her students can learn, play, and remember the importance of education.

“I couldn’t stand seeing children sitting with nothing – no school, not even a notebook – so I decided to start a small school and teach them whatever I could,” she said.

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