As the new academic year begins, dozens of students sit on the ground of a house that has been converted into a school in war-torn Taiz, Yemen. In this poverty-stricken country, millions of children rarely get to sit in a chair or at a desk, or even go to school. As the country faces a new wave of Covid-19 cases, classrooms are overcrowded and the infrastructure is far from up to health standards.
Yemeni children return to school amid war and pandemic
As the new academic year begins, dozens of students sit on the ground of a house that has been converted into a school in war-torn Taiz, Yemen. In this poverty-stricken country, millions of children rarely get to sit in a chair or at a desk, or even go to school. As the country faces a new wave of Covid-19 cases, classrooms are overcrowded and the infrastructure is far from up to health standards.
