Reports | 25 05 2020
Near the public park at a traffic sign in the city of Reyhanli in central Turkey, we come across the little boy named Badr. 12 years old, he came from the city of Aleppo with his family. He was a second grader when he arrived here, but his situation changed dramatically after his displacement.
Instead of school books, Badr holds a wooden stick conquered by the color pink—the color of the cotton candy dangling from this sticks. This is his means of livelihood, upon which his refugee family depends.
The quality of his work is the last thing on his mind. What is important for him, however, is to make it back home with enough to put food on the plate, and paint a smile on the faces of his mother and younger siblings—through which he now sees his life, after they became stranded in Turkey, as he puts it.