Summer Camp: Camp and Syrian Teens

summer camp: They are the scenes etched in the memories of kids, aged 13-19, attending a summer camp for recent Syrian immigrants who landed in Windsor, according to CBC. It helping them adjust to life here and at the same time helping them work through the lasting trauma they experienced overseas. "Like one of the girls, she saw her sister dying ... and her mother got paralysed ... lost one of her eyes," said camp organizer Hiba Hijazi. Pictures of tanks, guns and bombing fighter jets, all drawn by young Syrian teens. The pictures will be sewn together to make a quilt they will take to their school, Westview Freedom Academy, next month. Pictures of tanks, guns and bombing fighter jets, all drawn by young Syrian teens attending a summer camp in Windsor. The camp began on July 13 at the offices of Windsor Women Working with Immigrant Women in downtown Windsor. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.