Gaza students work toward college degrees after years of war and displacement
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[0:03] three years of war in which an estimated 22,000 children lost their
[0:07] lives. The picture has been especially bleak for post-secondary education,
[0:12] which has been virtually nonexistent since the start of the war in
[0:15] Gaza, Special correspondent Fred De Sam Lazaro reports now on an
[0:19] unusual partnership trying to fill part of the void.
[0:25] In an education system limping back through rubble, the Gaza Children's
[0:29] Village has for months been an island of some stability,
[0:34] and now it's one of the strip's largest network of schools.
[0:38] With some 22,000 students. How did it happen? I told you I don't
[0:43] know, but it happened.
[0:45] Palestinian American neurosurgeon David Hassan came to Gaza late
[0:48] in 2023 as a volunteer. Pediatric cases in particular moved him,
[0:54] he says, enough to venture way beyond his normal expertise. I encountered
[1:00] so many orphans, so I made a determination to focus on the kids.
[1:08] Their most pressing need was education, but it needed to be in an
[1:11] environment that actually enabled learning beginning.
[1:15] With nutrition. Chef Jose And