It’s not news that calls for funds for education in humanitarian
situations are left unmet, but it doesn’t fail to shock when the actual
figures are laid bare.
Syria, which no one can deny is in dire need of assistance, and where education has been flattened over the course of its recent conflict,
had less than a quarter of its education requests for funding met last
year, according to new GEM analysis. In total, of the funding that Syria
received in its humanitarian appeal, only 4% went to education.
What does this mean for children and adolescents on the ground? The original requests that Syria made for finance in 2015 to help keep its education system buoyant through the crisis amounted to US$224 million for 4.5 million people. However, education only received 23% of the funding it requested, leaving around 3.5 million people with no education humanitarian assistance at all. Continue reading
Syria, which no one can deny is in dire need of assistance, and where education has been flattened over the course of its recent conflict,
had less than a quarter of its education requests for funding met last
year, according to new GEM analysis. In total, of the funding that Syria
received in its humanitarian appeal, only 4% went to education.What does this mean for children and adolescents on the ground? The original requests that Syria made for finance in 2015 to help keep its education system buoyant through the crisis amounted to US$224 million for 4.5 million people. However, education only received 23% of the funding it requested, leaving around 3.5 million people with no education humanitarian assistance at all. Continue reading