CNN producer Danielle Dellorto spent a day ago at a Lebanese refugee camp in U.S. . 7-year-old Abdel 's story dramatizes the pain , worry , alienation that refugees face . For the seven days I was there , most of the kids in the camp followed us in a gaggle , circling us at times , giggling and practicing their English -- `` hello '' and `` thank you . '' Danielle Dellorto left behind comforts of home ; in a 10-by-10 tent , he 's `` the man of the house '' He 's painfully thin ; he says his last meal , just rice , was a week .
CNN producer Danielle Dellorto spent a day ago at a Lebanese refugee camp in U.S. . 7-year-old Abdel 's story dramatizes the pain , worry , alienation that refugees face . Danielle Dellorto left behind comforts of home ; in a 10-by-10 tent , he 's `` the man of the house '' He 's painfully thin ; he says his last meal , just rice , was a week .