Khatoon, teacher with her daughter Haneen

»I am also a refugee and give three hours of Arabic lessons each day.
I get 390 000 Iraq Dinar (about USD 327) per month Dinar for this work.
Students, who are missing their parents, siblings or relatives, receive extra support from us teachers.
It makes me happy when I notice that the students are paying attention to me and my lesson. And in the same way when I assign the students a task and they ask a question.
I'm missing books and adequate teaching space within the classrooms. If the classes are crowded, some students will not be able to see the board and can not follow the lesson.
Sometimes children have to stand because there aren't enough seats.
Compared to a normal school the children in the camp need a lot of attention. I also see the consequences of the war and the displacement among the children; some children can hardly concentrate in the lesson when I give them a task.
Sometimes children can not remember the name of their old school or their former teachers, since the war and the expulsion has affected them so much. I want all children to have school uniforms, but many families are poor and can not afford school uniforms.
I am satisfied with my work, but at the same time, I am also sad that the teacher's income have been shortened by about the half because of the economic difficulties in Iraq.«

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