Syria's children need guaranteed funding to prevent a 'lost generation'

From Global development | The Guardian Mon Apr 14 2014, 06:00:05

Unicef calls for three years' sustained financing for education of displaced children to prevent even greater humanitarian disaster

The crisis in Syria, which has left 5.5 million children in need of urgent educational and psychological support, will become an even greater humanitarian catastrophe if the international community does not come up with three years' guaranteed funding, Unicef has warned.

Last month, the UN children's agency said the number of children affected by the conflict had doubled over the past year, raising the prospect of a "lost generation" of Syrians who will be denied the education and opportunities needed to help them rebuild the country.

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