PARIS– Amid the ongoing refuge crisis in Europe, two groups working to distribute aid and facilitate integration are the Paris Refugee Ground Support and the Pierre Claver School.
Here are some photos from the school and the refugee camps
Refugees from Syria, Afghanistan, Eritrea and other North African countries are forced to brave the harsh winter nights on the streets of Paris.
Heather Young from Paris Refugee Ground Support stands in front of an Afghan refugee tent village
Outside the Pierre Claver School where 120 refugees are tutored in French language, culture and history, over a six months period.
Founder and Director of Pierre Claver School, Ayyamm Surreau poses in the hallway of her school.
A tent village located alongside the Canal Saint Martin.
Tariq Aryobwal, an Afghan student studying political science in a university in France.
24 year-old Syrian dancer Yara Al Habani attends Pierre Claver with her younger brother. The school introduces their students as individuals and not a ‘sight show’ to French locals and that has helped boost their confidence, according to Yarah. “I’m a human and an artist and after that my situation is that I’m a refugee now.”
Founded on Oct. 8th 2008 with four Afghan asylum refugees, Pierre Claver has grown to include refugees from 14 countries. Twenty students are granted yearly scholarships funded by private donations.
Cars drive over the Canal Saint Martin which has become a tent village for Afghan refugees.
A tent village occupied by North African refugees located underneath an overpass in Paris.
Afghan refugees huddle by the fire at their tent village.
