For students in conflict zones, a Canadian NGO offers a virtual classroom and chance at normalcy

Once a week, Sarah Marshall, a high-school biology teacher who lives just north of Nanaimo, B.C., would log on to Zoom for a class unlike any she had taught before.Her students ranged in age from 7 to 16. Almost all of them were in Ukraine, although some joined her virtual classroom from Turkey and other places they had been sent to live after Russia invaded their country in February, 2022.