We had a meeting with the program director for Save the Children this morning. One of their areas of responsibility is education. We wanted to get more information on what is being done to educate the children of Jordan and the Syrian refugee children.
We already know that the tremendous influx of families from Syria has put a big strain on all the resources of Jordan. They are doing a lot, and many charities are helping, but they are still having a difficult time accommodating everyone. Several years ago a split shift schedule for schools was started, but it isn't enough. One NGO has been offering evening classes at 53 centers and 1,000 people are attending. Ideas for home schooling, mobile schools and summer schools are being considered. It's estimated that 80-90,000 children are out of school. Many problems result from this. We will try to find the best way to help.
"We can't do everything, but we can do something." We just don't know what that is yet.
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