“My seven year old son had a speech problem due to birth complications. Everyone had trouble understanding what he was trying to say; which made him angry and violent,” Rama said, the mother of six year old Samer.
A shortage of oxygen during birth affected Samer’s brain, which has caused him to stutter when speaking. The whole family has been living in Za’atari camp for the past three years, where they found refuge after escaping the violence in Syria.