still, even they're often too expensive for umm mheidi. >> i don't have any money unfortunately, but he gives them to me on credit. i'll pay him later, as soon as i can. >> here's the account book. look, it's written here. she owes me the equivalent of 200 euros since the fourth of september. >> the international rescue committee, an organisation that helps refugees in lebanon, says parents don't send their children off to work lightheartedly. but poverty and misery often leave them no choice. >> i think the situation became quite desperate this year, which is why you saw a large number of families fleeing to europe, hoping for a better future. >> bilal and his brothers have returned from work. three families pay 900 dollars to rent this flat - 22 people. even though they all earn something, money is still short. they're safe, but it's not much of a life. >> the world isn't on our side. bilal has to work and at the age of ten, his sister can't write a single letter of the alphabet. >> the youngest family member is nine months old. will she ever get the chance to go to school? the war