'Alan Henning Academy' officially opened in Turkey

Aid worker Alan Henning felt it was his duty to help the children of Syria.

It was a duty that cost his life.

Now, just months after he was murdered by Islamic State terrorists, a school dedicated to his sacrifice has opened in Turkey.

To find out more about the charity supporting the Alan Henning Academy, click here.

The project, launched by UK charity Unite 4 Humanity, will put four hundred Syrian refugees back into class.

The Alan Henning Academy is nestled in a poor Syrian area in Turkey, hundreds of miles from the deadly border.

Like many places in the country, Mersin has become home to hundreds of Syrian people fleeing their war-torn home.

The children have seen things we can't even comprehend.

They've witnessed their homes, families, and cities being torn apart by Islamic State fighters and the Assad regime.

They have escaped with their lives, but little else.

Now, they have a chance to get an education.

The teachers at the school are also being given a second chance. They, too, are refugees. All of them are women.

They are happy the school has been established, but the memories of what they left behind are never far from their minds:

The school has enough funding to rent the building for one year, and pay teachers' salaries for the next few months.

For the school to continue, they need more money.

To find out how you can help donate, click here. For now, pupils in this small community in Turkey, are learning once again.

When we ask what they want to do when they grow up - they all say the same thing.

They want to help others.

A legacy, you imagine, the taxi driver from Eccles, would have been proud of.