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2 Nov 2016

Press Club helps Syrian children in Lebanon stand up for their rights

Sheymaa, who is 12, is one of a number of young people who go to the journalists' group run by Lebanese NGO BEYOND Association. 

1 Nov 2016

“I was a princess, I had a neighbourhood, a street and an address. And now all I have become is a number”

The Young Journalists’ Club, run by Lebanese humanitarian organisation Beyond, gives Syrian refugee children an opportunity to raise awareness about their situation and the problems they face, and to express themselves and deal emotionally with issues of trauma, fear and anger. Members of the Club wrote letters to world leaders, which sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ was able to take to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This blog first appeared on  #UpForSchool Lebanon, campaigning for the right to education for all. Supported by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

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31 Oct 2016

“I have changed my pain to happiness and I left all my sadness”

The Young Journalists’ Club, run by Lebanese humanitarian organisation Beyond, gives Syrian refugee children an opportunity to raise awareness about their situation and the problems they face, and to express themselves and deal emotionally with issues of trauma, fear and anger. Members of the Club wrote letters to world leaders, which sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½ was able to take to the United Nations General Assembly in New York. This blog first appeared on  #UpForSchool Lebanon, campaigning for the right to education for all. Supported by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

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31 Oct 2016

“Help us make the whole world know that people who flee for their lives are much, much #morethanarefugee”

This blog first appeared on  #UpForSchool Lebanon, campaigning for the right to education for all. Supported by sa¹ú¼Ê´«Ã½.

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31 Oct 2016

300 Afghan schools destroyed in weeks as Taliban attack education

Armed men burst into a girls' school at night and beat up security guards before burning down the school, which has about 500 students.

28 Oct 2016

Growing Up Married: film shines light on child brides in Turkey

There is a high rate of child marriages in Turkey, where 370,000 Syrian girl refugees are also out of school - a new film looks at the plight of child brides.

28 Oct 2016

#5for5 campaign: we must keep promise to give every child the best start in life

World leaders must ensure the target of quality early childhood development, care and pre-primary education for every child is achieved.

27 Oct 2016

‘An outrage’: UNICEF says 22 children and six teachers died in Syria school attack

If the air strikes that hit a school in Idlib province were deliberate, then that it is a war crime said UNICEF Executive Director Anthony Lake.

27 Oct 2016

Syrian school bombing should be investigated as a war crime says Gordon Brown

The UN Special Envoy for Global Education branded the atrocity in Idlib province as "the latest descent into barbarism" in the Syrian conflict.

26 Oct 2016

Air strikes on Syrian school kill ‘at least 11 children’

A monitoring group said the students were among 26 people who died when the school and other buildings were struck at a village in Idlib province.