LEBANON — More half of the 500,000 Syrian refugee children in Lebanon are not receiving a formal education. Limited resources and strict residency rules for Syrian refugees have been the central reasons why a quarter of a million Syrian refugee children haven’t been able to attend a Lebanese classroom. The United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (UNHCR) and the Human Rights Watch (HRW) have issued reports on the Syrian education crisis in Lebanon. The HRW released an 87-page report outlining Lebanon’s significant advances to enroll Syrian children into public education. Lebanon’s Ministry of Education and Higher Education waived enrollment fees and…
Author: Mariana Camacho
Mariana Camacho
Mariana was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico and raised in São Paulo, Brazil and dreams of everywhere in between.
SEATTLE — The Dengue virus in Brazil has been an epidemic since its resurfacing in 1981. In 2015 alone, 1.6 million cases of mosquito-borne dengue virus were registered. Thankfully, scientists have recently made a breakthrough. One year ago, U.K. company Oxitec created a genetically modified mosquito and released it into the city of Piracicaba it has been a big success. Oxitec has been working on the genetically modified insect for ten years.The Friendly™ Aedes was released in Piracicaba on April 30th, 2015, and in one year has reduced Dengue fever cases by 91 percent in areas and 52 percent across Piracicaba.…