AN interactive experience is bringing a young refugee's story to life in a new installation.

The story of an eight-year-old boy who fled Syria after his home was bombed is brought alive in a new installation at Churchill Square Shopping Centre, Brighton.

Hani and his family, like many other Syrians, were displaced due to the ongoing conflict in them home country.

“We were in the house sleeping. We woke up and suddenly we heard something go ‘booph’. The earth was trembling,” said Hani.

“The next day we went to see our place. It was destroyed – glass was all over the ground and the walls had crumbled. I’ve forgotten my bicycle, I’ve forgotten all my toys, I have forgotten my computer. They are all gone, they are all in pieces.”

Hani’s story is told through videos played inside the exhibition, visitors can walk through a recreation of the rubble of a Syrian house after the bombings and are encouraged to consider what belongings they would take if they had to suddenly leave their homes.

The installation, created by charity World Vision, also includes a map of the route from Homs in Syria to the Bekaa Valley in Lebanon, where Hani and his family took refuge.

World vision provide food, clean water, education, healthcare, child protection and psychosocial support to children and their families.

The interactive installation will be at Churchill Square from Monday August 23 to Thursday September 23.

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