A Breakthrough for Child Refugees?
Buried in the declaration from the fourth United Nations’ Syria Pledging Conference in London is an important breakthrough: commitments that guarantee every Syrian refugee child a place in school by next year. The world, at long last, has taken seriously the need to provide education to conflict-affected children.
LONDON – Buried in the declaration from the just-completed fourth United Nations’ Syria Pledging Conference in London is a little publicized but important promise: by next year, every Syrian refugee child will be offered a place in school.