A MOM, A CHILD AND A SCHOOL REGISTRATION STORY
Close your eyes and think for a moment...
You are in a country where you flee to save the lives of your children.
You don't know, you don't recognize, you just see!
All you see is a new field of struggle...
Your primary desire is to be able to wipe out the horrific scenes of war from your daughter's eyes and make a living and then, as a well-educated mother, to strive for your child's education...
Because you were an English teacher in your country ... You knew your education system, you could have dreams for your child's future, you could plan a few years later.
But now you are in the land of the unknowns ... You are now both the unknown and from the unknown!
You don't know the language of your new field of struggle, you have no idea of the way you behave, you need to make a lot of effort and a help to understand the education system
But you’re determined!
Your daughter will be educated and you will be proud of her successful education life here as in your own country.
Your daughter will be educated and you will be proud of her successful education life here in your own country.
It is possible for the Syrian mother, whose name is hidden,to start a new story in the country of the unknown, with this determination and to exchange information with other refugee families.
And the first step of the story; Meet with IGAM because other refugee families tell her that there is an association called IGAM and that supports children in enrolling in schools.
And the mother picks up the IGAM's phone calls. It's nice to find someone who speaks her own language. After that, it's easier for her. Appointment to the mother. And that day, a service vehicle comes in; there are families who share the same fate. One of the representatives of IGAM and a translator…
The vehicle stands in front of a building and it is told that it is the National Education Directorate. Entering a room. Mother; Trying to grasp what is happening, extending a document written in unfamiliar language in front of him to fill ...
She has no choice but to trust people who are trying to help!
The woman asks her to fill out the document and asks if her daughter has any preference for high school. On the one hand, whether you can afford the road costs ... At this point, the choice doesn’t matter because it can’t cover the road costs so daughter has to go to the nearest school.
After a short but deep silence, she writes down the name of the nearest school into the document with unhappiness.
This time, it is reported that the capacity of the selected school will be examined and if it is full, it is not possible for her daughter to go to this school. That's when she's worried.
They'e done in the building for now. The same team leaves the mother and daughter.
They made appointment for the the next day and they come for the same place
This time it is safer, less uneasy... She knows people, she knows the building, she knows the sounds...
Conversations are happening outside of this... Trying to understand, doesn’t understand. She has no choice but to wait for the interpreter to speak to find out.
The interpreter tells what is going on to the excited mother ...
Her daughter was settled in the school she wanted.
A smile goes through her eyes, like a shadow ...
She's relieved for a moment because she's made a significant progress, thanks to the people who helped her...
Thanks to everyone in the room, especially to the employees of IGAM. The same employees say that their daughter and herself will be there when they have any difficulties and they will take them home again.
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