The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) estimates that 4 million civilians have been displaced inside Syria, and that more than one million have fled the war and are sheltered in camps in neighboring Iraq, Lebanon, Jordan and Turkey. More than half are children with a majority under the age of 11. These children have been traumatized by the war that has been raging for more than 2 years.

Technology and communications can play a crucial role to help them rebuild their lives, so TSF opened an Internet center in a school for 1,000 Syrian children in Gaziantep, Turkey. Most of these children are from the region of Aleppo which is located 120 km from this major city in eastern Turkey.

The center, run by Syrian teachers, provides access to broadband Internet so that the children can open themselves to the World and stay in touch with their relatives, in Syria and abroad, via Skype and email.

Computer courses also offer them the opportunity to have some entertainment, and forget the trauma of war. This Internet center provides a variety of educational resources, notably for mathematics, history and geography, and benefits from the support of specialized teachers.