“They are destroying Syria. Missiles. I hear the sound of missiles.”

I definitely didn’t know what the word “missile” meant when I was a young child. After watching this video by World Vision, I realized there are so many things I was lucky enough NOT to know.

In the video, children living in a refugee camp in Lebanon share drawings of their dreams. Some expressed a longing to return home, like a girl who said “I dreamt that my friends and I were back in Syria going to the park.”

Others portrayed dreams that could be best described as nightmares. For example, one young girl explained that her dreams are simply “lots of gunfire.”

Child refugees lose more than their homes and friends; they lose the innocence of childhood. Over 1.6 million Syrian children have fled to surrounding countries, and the violence tearing their homeland apart is far from over.

I highly recommend checking out the video above, which is equal parts adorable and heart-breaking. I was especially moved by the earnest conversation between the young boy shown at2:07 and the offscreen interviewer. It’s powerful to yearn for your lost home, even if you dream of being surrounded by ruin when you return.

In this video World Vision provides a safe outlet for growth, discussion, and dreaming for these brave children. Visit www.wvi.org/syria-crisis to learn more about the Syria crisis and how you can work with World Vision in response.