In Nduta refugee camp, a shortage of funds sees some school classes held under trees.
He is one of about 200 refugee children who attend Furaha Primary School, where a lack of funding means classes are held in the open air. Benches and blackboards are dotted among the trees, creating makeshift classrooms. When it’s windy, the branches fall and when the sun is too strong, they have to stop classes.
Bad weather can bring classes to a halt altogether
When it rains, everything gets wet
Sometimes, when branches fall, students are injured
4 in 10 refugee children cannot go to school
The challenges faced by students in Nduta and Nyarugusu camps are unfortunately all too common for child refugees worldwide. While globally, 91% of children attend primary school, for refugees, that figure is far lower at only 61%, according to a recent UNHCR report Left Behind: Refugee Education in Crisis. As refugee children get older, the obstacles only increase.
UNHCR continues to work towards inclusion of refugee education into the national education system in recognition that the national system provides access to accredited, supervised and accountable education services. At the same time, UNHCR’s Tanzania operation for resettlement continues to seek more cost-effective alternatives for classroom construction to address the acute shortage.
Crowded classrooms weaken access to equitable quality education in the refugee camps. UNHCR needs your support to help children get back to school.
Please click https://donate.unhcr.org/hk-zh/education to help.
About UNHCR:
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, is a global organization dedicated to saving lives, protecting rights and building a better future for refugees, forcibly displaced communities and stateless people. UNHCR leads international action to protect people forced to flee their homes because of conflict and persecution. UNHCR delivers life-saving assistance like shelter, food and water, helps safeguard fundamental human rights, and develops solutions that ensure people have a safe place to call home where they can build a better future. UNHCR also works to ensure that stateless people are granted a nationality. UNHCR’s dedicated teams are on the ground in some 128 countries across the world, working in partnership with governments, NGOs, the private sector, community groups, host communities as well as refugees.
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