Programming a better future for refugees


  • Nation
  • Sunday, 21 Jul 2019

Tech solution: The key to new horizons for refugees could be learning how to code. — RASHVINJEET S. BEDI/The Star

LIFE has been tough for Mohamad and his family who fled their home in Syria for Malaysia one year ago because of the war in the Middle Eastern country.

He says before the war that started years ago, one could survive in Syria provided one didn’t dabble in politics, but today, it is a different story.

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