my son should be at school

Every morning at 8:00 am, Suha departs for her job at a small café in Amman, Jordan, leaving her seven-year-old son, Yasir, locked inside of their two-room apartment, alone. Suha and her son fled Iraq and came to Jordan with no friends, family, or resources. Suha works illegally, earning only US$140 a month, and acknowledges it's a struggle to meet their basic needs: "My salary barely pays for our rent and food alone. How can I ever pay to send my son to school?" Private school is unaffordable, and without residency papers, Yasir cannot attend public school. "I have no choice here," Suha says.