Here is a real-life story of a young girl, Shahed Zuhair Othman, a 15- year-old, coming from a big family, three sisters, three brothers and the parents.

 The family had to flee to Al-Boubiyeh village for one year due to force majeure in Al-Hader village, the family’s home town.

 Harsh circumstances negatively affected Shahed and she dropped out of school for two years. 
The outreach volunteers attached to the Syrian Society for Social Development introduced the offered services to Shahed and she decided to visit Al-Hader Satellite Center to get to know all the programs. 
The facilitators closely observed Shahed during the educational classes and noticed her poor mental wellbeing and her fear about her educational future, until one day their efforts started to pay off, when the Geometry facilitator asked the students to assist him in solving a geometric problem.

 Shahed seemed hesitant, she raised her hand and then backed off, but the facilitator kept encouraging her, until she was able to recall some of the related rules. “I never thought I would be able to recall very old stuff,’’ she happily said.

 
Later on, in one of the Arabic language classes, Shahed read aloud a poem and the facilitator was impressed. “Each day I read aloud several lines of poetry at home; I am practicing to regain my skill,” Shahed proudly commented.

 
As for the French language, the facilitator noticed that the children showed lack of interest due to the absence of qualified language specialists; nonetheless, the children gradually showed substantial improvement, particularly, Shahed who was among the top students in the language, encouraging her classmates and assisting them in learning.

 
The improvements of Shahed’s emotional wellbeing and educational level were great milestones; however, passing the national exam of the ninth grade was a cornerstone that made her and everyone else proud and happy.

 She received a total mark of 165 and 18 in French.

 
Shahed is still determined to build up her educational reservoir, up-to-date she does not get bored of visiting Al-Hader center.