Courage of Syrian boy, 10, who lost his family and his legs in bombing but now loves school

Leith is 10 years old. Two years ago a聽bomb exploded, destroying his house in Syria聽and killing his mother, brothers and grandparents.聽

Leith survived but lost both his legs. Like thousands of Syrian refugees who fled the conflict, he聽now lives with his father聽in Turkey, where he goes to聽school. 聽

国产视频淚 love everything about school,国产视频� says Leith, who wants to become a doctor. 国产视频淲e study and I play with my friends. They let us draw. I love drawing.聽I have made new friends at school and聽my best friend is a girl called Sidra.国产视频�

Leith国产视频檚 story of courage is particularly poignant on the eve of聽International Day of Persons with Disabilities. December 3 each year聽is聽a day to celebrate children国产视频檚聽abilities, differences and potential. 聽

But it国产视频檚 also a time to remember the extra barriers children with disabilities can face. 40% of all聽Syrian children living in Turkey聽are out of school, leaving them at risk of child labour, early marriage and exploitation.聽

World leaders promised in February to get one million Syrian refugee children into school. Progress has been made but that promise has not yet been fulfilled.

Share this video on Facebook聽and support our #YouPromised campaign to get all Syrian refugee聽children into school

The out-of-school numbers are even starker for those children with a disability.

All children caught up in conflicts have the聽right to a safe space to learn 国产视频撀燽ut studies show聽children with disabilities are more likely to be excluded from school and discriminated against. This holds true for many of the Syrian refugees who 国产视频 met on a recent trip in Turkey.聽

Like聽Bashar, a 13-year-old boy who聽was playing outside the family国产视频檚 shop in Syria聽when an homemade bomb exploded.

His face and eyes were badly injured by flying shrapnel. Bashar国产视频檚 father rushed him to a聽hospital聽but it had very few聽staff and supplies.聽

While waiting for his son to be treated, soldiers stormed the hospital and arrested him. 聽When he was released, he聽took Bashar to Damascus for treatment.聽

They removed the shrapnel but managed to regain only 2% of his vision in one eye. Now he can only see if it国产视频檚 light or not and make out聽some shadows.聽

Bashar said:聽国产视频淢y life has changed completely 国产视频� it went from day to night. All I do everyday is sit and look聽around. 聽

国产视频淏efore I used to play, go to school and talk to my friends. I used to love mathematics and would read all the time. I was in the 4th grade when school stopped for me.聽

国产视频淚 want to go to school, I want to see and go out. I want my life to change and go back to what I used to have.国产视频�

Jessica Bryant, International Media Manager for 国产视频,聽visited Syrian refugee children in Turkey recently. She said:聽国产视频淎ll children have a right to an education. These children国产视频檚 stories reinforce what we have been campaigning for 国产视频� Bashar and Leith belong in school.

国产视频淟ife as a refugee child is precarious, dangerous and especially hard if you are child with a disability. These children are being denied their childhood and are in danger of becoming a lost generation. We have the power to stop this聽but must act now.

国产视频淲e need more international funding for their education. World leaders have promised to get all Syrian refugees into school. We need to make sure聽the funding is delivered in full.国产视频�