It’s been almost six years since Thekra Al-Ghaffari has received a paycheck. As a vice principal at a secondary school in Yemen’s Houthi-controlled capital of Sanaa, Ghaffari is working to keep the school doors open despite enormous challenges.
Audio: Despite enormous challenges, Yemen’s educators return to classroom
![A Yemeni health worker sterilizes a classroom in a school amid the COVID-19 pandemic in the capital Sanaa, on August 29, 2020, ahead of the new school year starting in early September. (Photo by Mohammed HUWAIS / AFP) (Photo by MOHAMMED HUWAIS/AFP via Getty Images)](/sites/default/files/styles/article_header/public/almpics/2020/09/GettyImages-1228252389.jpg/GettyImages-1228252389.jpg?h=a5ae579a&itok=ThZj9yvd)
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