Syrian refugees desperate for an education

Name: Syrian refugees desperate for an education
Uploaded: 2014-02-03T04:57:52Z
Duration: 2 min 29 s
Description: Charities are making a difference in Lebanon for thousands of children who have gone years without schooling due to war.

Charities are making a difference in Lebanon for thousands of children who have gone years without schooling due to war.

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Many Syrian refugee children in Lebanon have not been in a classroom for two years,

But the refugee community in Arsal is trying to make a difference.

Thanks to funds from a Kuwaiti charity, a small school has opened, teaching the Syrian curriculum and running two shifts a day to accommodate the numbers desperate for an education.

Al Jazeera’s Nisreen El-Shamayleh reports from the town of Arsal.

Source: Al Jazeera