WATCH: These Syrian Refugee Children Will Make You Want to Dance

By Sharon Samber, HIAS.org

The sounds of summer may not usually include the tap dancing feet of Syrian refugee children, but now they do-- at least in Toledo, Ohio. With the assistance of HIAS’ affiliate US Together, 36 kids--some as young as 5 and some as old as 17--danced and sang in a downtown church as part of a special summer camp.

It took the vision of volunteers, a Danish dance instructor, and the better part of a year to plan, explained Corine Dehabey, US Together’s Toledo director. “I believe in art and music as a therapy for everyone,” Dehabey said. The children who finished the camp, Dehabey noted, are still singing and dancing on their own.

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