Not your normal Maths lesson: pupils learn in the safety and relative darkness of the cave Photo: Shelterbox

Cornish charity helping an underground school in Syria

A Cornish-based aid charity has uncovered shocking footage of children being taught in a cave in Syria for their own protection.

The shocking footage shows 50 pupils huddling together in a makeshift school underground, in Tarmala, south west of Aleppo.

Shelterbox are delivering tents which will be used as classrooms, as they try and restore some normality to the lives of children. The civil war has led to 7.5 million people being forced to leave their homes.

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SOURCE: ITV NEWS