you were listening to dillon conner who is using music to draw awareness.ning us now is artist kendra who helped cofound the program which works with displaced syrian children. welcome to "the stream." >> thank you. thank you so much for having me. >> you went to syria in 2013, saw? >> no, absolutely not. i think shock is an understatement. i think i had an idea because of what you read, and you know it is going to be bad, but the first time i was on syrian soil and in tent city, we were in a refugee camp along the syrian-turkish border, when you look around and you see these are your fellow syrian people and you are looking at how this happened, and i remember coming back from that trip. i was there for two weeks, and i was not just disturbed, but i came back depressed for a good month. you are so traumatized by what you see for the first time that it is just a lot to digest. >> a lot to wrap yourself around i would imagine. >> absolutely. >> what you do is really so much more than arts and crafts. talk about what the project gives to the kids of syria. >>

you are listening to dillon conner and using music to raise awareness and joining us using the powerf art and bringing huma huma humane aid to syria. welcome to "the stream." >> thank you for having me. >> you went to syria to help the kids in conflict and were you prepared? >> absolutely not. shock is an understatement. i think i had an idea because of what you read and you know it is going to be bad, but the first time i was on the syrian ceremony and in a tent city and a refugee cap camp, when you look around and you see these are your fellow syrian people and you are looking at how this happened, and i remember coming back from that trip, i was there for two weeks, and i wasn't disturbed but came back and trying, so much information going there for the first time. you are so traumatized what you are seeing for the first time, that it is a lot of to digest all of once. >> a lot to take in? >> absolutely. >> o you work with kids and what you are doing is so much more than arts and crafts and what is the project giving to the kids of syria? >> we are trying to give them a sense of h