13 Nov 2018

The Syrian crisis through a child's eyes

From Nine To Noon, 9:29 am on 13 November 2018

 

‘I heard the bomb so I took my rabbit, and my brother took me to hide in the toilet.’ Drawn at Hampden Park Public School,Sydney, Australia

‘I heard the bomb so I took my rabbit, and my brother took me to hide in the toilet.’ Drawn at Hampden Park Public School,Sydney, Australia Photo: Lana Alnajar, 6 years old From Al-Bab, Syria

'Home' is collection of drawings by Syrian children, curated by prize winning Australian artist Ben Quilty.

The drawings are simple but honest accounts of a brutal civil war from the perspective of children, as young as 6 years old. Proceeds from the sale of 'Home' will directly support World Vision's Child Friendly Spaces, early childhood and basic education projects in Syria, Lebanon, Jordan and Iraq.

Around half of the 5.6 million Syrians who've fled their country as refugees since 2011, are children.

Ben Quilty joins Lynn Freeman from Sydney