Using WhatsApp, Ilona Taimela found a novel way to educate Finnish children held in a Syrian camp.
Ilona Taimela designed a unique teaching programme for Finnish children living in a Syrian displacement campHer daily routine lasted about a year from May 2020 and in common with many other teachers she was working remotely.
Before Ms Taimela's lessons, they could only access informal education at makeshift schools run by charities. Following the territorial defeat of IS in Syria in early 2019, the camp became their prison and US-backed Kurdish-led forces their jailers. The controversial move touched a nerve politically and exposed the legal quandary of separating children from their mothers. To resolve this dilemma, the government appointed a special envoy, Jussi Tanner, who led negotiations with the Kurdish-led authorities managing the camp.
Within weeks, Ms Taimela and another teacher had designed a specialist curriculum. By sending the children daily lessons, she aimed to improve their competence in core subjects and prepare them for life in Finland."We had never done anything like this before," said Ms Tammelander, who suggested the programme may have been the first of its kind.
Ms Taimela said she witnessed improvements over time. Eventually, one six-year-old could read full stories in Finnish, while older students could grasp more complex elements of the language. Mr Tanner said 23 children and seven adults had been repatriated, while about 15 Finns remained in Syria.
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