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Displaced and traumatised by the war, having missed much of their education and now in overcrowded and overstretched schools, many Syrian children are struggling at school. With your help, we want to run school clubs in a war-torn suburb of Damascus to help vulnerable children learn and thrive.
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Situation
The war in Syria stopped many children going to school. An estimated 5.8 million Syrian children now need help with their education. The Syrian government is trying to rebuild the education system, and has made some progress. However, the country has a shortage of teachers, and schools lack learning resources. Children returning to school struggle to keep up with their peers, and the trauma they have faced continues to affect their ability to learn.
Solution
Our partners, House of Hope, are setting up school clubs in Jaramana, Damascus, to address the gaps and needs in children’s education. The clubs teach Arabic, maths and some English, to help children keep up in the government schools they attend. Initially working with 72 particularly needy children, they run two sessions a day with separate groups for school grades 1-3. House of Hope also assess children’s psychosocial needs, to determine what extra support they need.
