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Sultan* is an 11-year-old boy with the responsibilities of a full-grown adult.
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Hasna, 13, is Sultan’s oldest sister. She has been struggling with recurrent fits of epilepsy that require close attention.
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Sultan’s mother Raghda used to work as a teacher in Syria. In Lebanon, she couldn’t find a similar job.
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Sultan goes around the streets of Bekaa villages to market a pack of chewing gum and a box of tissues.
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This is not Sultan’s bed. He sleeps on the floor and leaves the bed to his mother and two young sisters.
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Sultan fled Syria with his family following his father’s death.
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Now living in a single room in Zahle, Sultan’s mother relies on him to pay the rent.
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Sultan worries about his sister and hopes she can get the treatment she desperately needs.
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Raghda is worried about the future because there is no one to support her children.
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This is not Sultan’s bed. He sleeps on the floor and leaves the bed to his mother and two young sisters.
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Sultan worries about his sister and hopes she can get the treatment she desperately needs.
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Sultan shows a drawing he sketched for Save the Children. The boy was overcome with despair before deciding to seek Save the Children for support.