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WorldPosted at: Aug 3 2019 11:42AM


Scouts step, virtually, into refugees’ lives

United Nations, Aug 3 (UNI) Scouts at the world’s biggest international scouting meeting, being held this year in West Virginia, United States, are learning what it’s like to be a refugee by stepping, virtually, into their world.
The UN refugee agency, UNHCR, is running an immersive 360 degree video experience at the jamboree, which has allowed hundreds of scouts to see what life is like for a young Syrian refugee, forced to flee his home at the age of five because of the ongoing conflict, which led to the death of his uncle, and the destruction of his home from a rocket.
Over the 10 days of the Jamboree, groups of Scouts also got the chance to speak to Omar, via video link, from his new home in Finland, as well as other refugee children, living in Kenya, Lebanon and Iraq.
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