In Syria, five years of civil war have left 6,000 schools out of use. – Reuters photo
Some 75 million school-age children in crisis areas around the world are in desperate need of educational support, according to a new report by UNICEF.
One in four children aged 3-18 – 462 million – live in countries affected by humanitarian crises, the report says.
In Syria, five years of civil war have left 6,000 schools out of use, while in Eastern Ukraine the conflict damaged or destroyed one in five schools.
Refugees are five times more likely to be out of school, the report says.
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Source: New Age
