Use BBC.com or the new BBC App to listen to BBC podcasts, Radio 4 and the World Service outside the UK.

Find out how to listen to other BBC stations

Episode details

World Service,1 min

SeriesThe Kids are Alright

When there wasn't a school for me, I built my own

The Compass

Available for over a year

Mohamad Aljounde and his family fled to Lebanon when war broke out in Syria. When he couldn't go to school because of a lack of school places, and a shortage of money, he built one instead. That school is now thriving, providing an education to others in his position.

Programme Website
More episodes