Refugee Education: Fast Facts
With thousands of people being displaced every year, many being children, basic human needs like food, shelter, and water, are the top priority of relief workers and host countries. However, for many refugee children, their education is put on hold because of lack of access.
Half the World's Refugee Kids are Not in School
Out of a global population of 7.2 million school-age refugee children, four million do not attend lessons of any kind.
A New View
NGOs have moved to focus on education as life-saving intervention, going beyond displacement, providing opportunities for later income and more avenues in life.
Basic Schooling is a Human Right
Education pushes humanitarian action beyond a physical or medical focus to an investment that focuses on mental, economic and emotional development.
Working Together
NGOs can provide diverse educational needs, and transnational advocacy networks can work across borders with the common goal of providing education.
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