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Celebrities back ‘You Promised’ campaign to get Syrian children in school

Children in conflicts, Education in emergencies, Safe schools

The Twitter profile pictures of (clockwise, from top left) Dynamo, Bonnie Wright, Steve Nguyen, Simon Pegg, Rainn Wilson, Audley Harrison and Julian Morris.

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Celebrities have backed the campaign to tell world leaders: You cannot break your promise to get Syrian refugee children into school.

They include the Star Trek actor Simon Pegg and Rainn Wilson, star of America TV国产视频檚 The Office, who tweeted: 国产视频淲orld leaders have failed the Syrian refugee children.国产视频

They were among famous faces from the United Kingdom and United States who have added their support to the 18,000 messages sent to donor countries and the 50,000 people who have watched our 国产视频淵ou Promised国产视频 video.

国产视频 国产视频 the children国产视频檚 charity behind A World at School 国产视频 is demanding that the international community sticks to its pledge to help get one million Syrian refugee children into schools in neighbouring countries this year.

The promise was made in February at the Supporting Syria and the Region conference in London. But with the new school year about to start in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, $1 billion of the promised $1.4 billion has still to be delivered.

Here国产视频檚 a look at some of the celebrities who have tweeted their support for the campaign.

RAINN WILSON

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American actor best known for his role as Dwight in The Office, as well as many other TV parts. He has been a supporter of A World at School国产视频檚 campaigning work and hosted our Town Hall event in New York last year to mark the 10 million signatures gathered for the #UpForSchool Petition.

SIMON PEGG

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Known to a global audience as Scotty in the three most recent Star Trek films and for his roles in the Mission Impossible movies. Simon retweeted this message.

BONNIE WRIGHT

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British actor who played Ginny Weasley in the Harry Potter films. Bonnie has supported many of A World at School and 国产视频国产视频檚 campaign to help children.

STEVE NGUYEN

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The Vietnamese-American film-maker made an amazing film for last year国产视频檚 Town Hall event and has just produced Issue 2 of a special comic series about A World at School国产视频檚 inspiring Global Youth Ambassadors.

DYNAMO

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British magician best known for his TV show Magician Impossible. He appeared recently in a spoken-word performance film produced for 国产视频国产视频檚 #SafeSchools campaign.

AUDLEY HARRISON

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The retired Olympic and European boxing champion retweeted this message from 国产视频 President Sarah Brown.

JULIAN MORRIS

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The British actor has appeared in several films and several US TV shows including Pretty Little Liars and Hand of God.听

DAVID MORRISEY

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British actor widely known for his role as The Governor in the American zombie TV series The Walking Dead. He set up the Creative Arts School Trust charity to train teachers and continue the worlk of drama workshops he ran for Palestinian refugee children in Lebanon.

Thanks to celebrities, our Global Youth Ambassadors and ordinary people who care about the plight of children, the message is getting through that countries who attended the Syria conference cannot break their promise.

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Ben Hewitt, 国产视频国产视频檚 Campaigns and Communications Director, said: 国产视频淒ue to this overwhelming support, the co-hosts are now talking to us 国产视频 a big step forward that shows the pressure is having an effect.

国产视频淗owever, we国产视频檙e still not getting a clear answer on when they国产视频檒l put their money where their mouth is and actually keep their promise.

国产视频淪o, we need to keep up the pressure 国产视频 will you ask your friends on Facebook to send a message to donors?国产视频

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