Here we look at some of the highlights of Theirworld’s work for Syrian children. Theirworld has worked for many years to ensure their plight is not forgotten – now we need governments and donors to step up and finally ensure that every Syrian child is in school.” “Despite the promises of world leaders, these young people have been continually let down. “A decade of conflict and displacement has left millions of children in Syria and refugee-hosting countries without an education and a future. “It is a tragedy for Syria’s children that we are still here in 2021 campaigning for their right to an education,” said Theirworld President Justin van Fleet. These are significant success stories in the Syrian saga that has lasted for 10 years and caused the biggest refugee crisis since the Second World War. Despite progress in the past five years, there are still more than 2.4 million children inside Syria and 750,000 Syrian children in neighbouring countries who are out of school, according to UNICEF.įor eight of those 10 years, Theirworld has been involved in helping to deliver education and hope to Syrian refugee children – through hard-hitting reports, innovative video content, relentless campaigning to keep the issues in the spotlight and by supporting projects with local partners. So far, Education Cannot Wait has mobilised more than $650 million, reaching 3.6 million children and 42,000 teachers in many countries. We helped to bring together a coalition of more than 60 leading charities to call for a new mechanism and innovative ways to meet the education needs of children caught up in crisis situations.
Theirworld’s campaigning on safe schools – driven in large part by the Syria crisis – also led to the creation of Education Cannot Wait, the first global fund to deliver education in emergencies.
So far, that system has educated more than 300,000 Syrian children. Theirworld has campaigned to mobilise international support. The UN endorsed the proposal and developed a delivery plan with the Lebanese Ministry of Education. They proposed a “double-shift” school system to allow Syrian refugees and local students to use classrooms at different times. So Theirworld funded a team of experts to explore ways of getting as many Syrian children in Lebanon into school. The world was barely beginning to wake up to the long-term effects on an entire generation’s education and development. By 2013 – just two years after the Syria conflict erupted – hundreds of thousands of children had fled with their families to neighbouring countries.
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