22 December 2017•Update: 22 December 2017
By Ahmet Ozel, Merve Aydogan
HATAY, Turkey
A 9-year old Syrian refugee boy, Ahmed Ibrahim, living in Turkey's southeastern province of Hatay, came second in an international photo competition called "Let's Read Together” held in Lithuania.
Residing in Hatay's Dortyol district with his family having fled the civil war in their country, the second-grader won second place with a photograph his father took of him which shows him reading a book with his cat on his lap.
Ibrahim expressed his happiness to Anadolu Agency and said his cat always sat on his lap whenever he read.
His school teacher Ibrahim Gok also welcomed the award and told the agency they were proud of him.
Sub-governor of Dortyol Murat Bulancak received the young Syrian. During the meeting, Bulancak noted that they invested great efforts to be able to educate the refugee children they hosted. “It makes us very happy to see our students achieve such successes. Hopefully, Ahmed will have many more achievements in the future,” the sub-governor said.
Bulancak presented Ibrahim with an achievement award.
Organized by Padlet, the "Let's Read Together" competition was attended by 68 students from Turkey, Germany, Italy, Portugal, Latvia, Albania, Ukraine, Bulgaria, Tunisia, Romania, and Poland.
Padlet is an online virtual “bulletin” board, where students and teachers collaborate, reflect, share links and pictures in a secure location.
