Owing to an open-ended strike against depreciating government salaries and the rising cost of transport, Rmeileh School is one of the few schools open in Lebanon this week.
Some teachers had to sell their gold rings in order to make enough money to keep coming to school to teach these Grade 3 students at Rmeileh School, south of Beirut. Photo: Tessa Fox
These girls are happy to have returned to face-to-face lessons after two years of online schooling.
Only hand sanitiser was directly provided by the government to Rmeileh School this year. The face masks were obtained personally by the school principal.
Principal Nadine Chabab, 42, in her office. She is dedicated to her young charges and creating a brighter future for Lebanon.
Government school teachers are paid only about $0.65 an hour. Inflation and other economic factors are pushing more people in Lebanon into poverty.
Leen Abu Darwish, 12, Principal Nadine Chabab, English teacher Fatima Kiwan and Mohamed Zoghbi, 9.
Owing to an open-ended strike against depreciating government salaries and the rising cost of transport, Rmeileh School is one of the few schools open in Lebanon this week.
Some teachers had to sell their gold rings in order to make enough money to keep coming to school to teach these Grade 3 students at Rmeileh School, south of Beirut. Photo: Tessa Fox
These girls are happy to have returned to face-to-face lessons after two years of online schooling.
Only hand sanitiser was directly provided by the government to Rmeileh School this year. The face masks were obtained personally by the school principal.
Principal Nadine Chabab, 42, in her office. She is dedicated to her young charges and creating a brighter future for Lebanon.
Government school teachers are paid only about $0.65 an hour. Inflation and other economic factors are pushing more people in Lebanon into poverty.
Leen Abu Darwish, 12, Principal Nadine Chabab, English teacher Fatima Kiwan and Mohamed Zoghbi, 9.
Owing to an open-ended strike against depreciating government salaries and the rising cost of transport, Rmeileh School is one of the few schools open in Lebanon this week.
