Film featuring Dynamo, Laura Carmichael and poet Yomi speaks up for Safe Schools

A film featuring the voices of young people around the world has been made to send a powerful message that children trapped in conflicts and natural disasters need safe schools.

The video features TV actor聽Laura Carmichael and magician Dynamo delivering a poem with the spoken word artist Yomi 国产视频淕REEdS国产视频� Sode.

Safe Schools: Children Can No Longer Wait has been released a week before the first ever World Humanitarian Summit as part of the #SafeSchools campaign run by 国产视频, the children国产视频檚 charity behind A World at School.

Five hundred of A World at School国产视频檚 network of Global Youth Ambassadors were asked to share words that personally reflected the importance they placed on school.

Refugee children in Lebanon show some of the chosen words

These were then used by Yomi as the basis of the poem, which paints a powerful and emotive picture of the value children place on returning to a school in the aftermath of a humanitarian emergency for protection, education and social support.

A new fund to provide education in humanitarian emergencies, called Education Cannot Wait, will be launched at the World Humanitarian Summit.

The #SafeSchools campaign calls on world leaders to back the fund with commitment and money to ensure children can return to school quickly in the aftermath of an emergency.

In 2015, humanitarian emergencies and crisis affected the education of more than 75 million children and young people.

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Children who are out of school are being trapped into child labour, early marriage and other forms of exploitation. Yet last year less than 2% of humanitarian aid went to get children back into school.

Laura 国产视频� star of聽 TV国产视频檚 Downton Abbey and a 国产视频 Ambassador 国产视频� travelled to Lebanon this time last year with the charity to meet Syrian refugee children who have been starved of an education.

She said: 国产视频淚 saw children who are crying out for the chance to return to school and rebuild their lives.

国产视频淭his funding can restore some hope for the children I met 国产视频� and millions more who in the future who may be affected by humanitarian disasters.

Dynamo perches against the skyline for his part in the film

国产视频淭hese children cannot wait any longer. We need to ensure their futures are prioritsed and their lives protected from a life of exploitation with the provision of a safe school.国产视频�

Dynamo 国产视频� best known for his TV show Magician Impossible 国产视频� also took part because he was inspired by the idea of using young people国产视频檚 voices to create a message through poetry.

Yomi primarily narrates the film, which is cut with the charity国产视频檚 footage from emergencies around the world.

The poet said: 国产视频淚 was inspired by this unique project from the start.

Yome sends a strong messsage about the plight of children

国产视频淯sing the words shared by young people who may have experienced or been close to a humanitarian disaster and using their voice to develop this poem gave it legitimacy and depth in a way that could have otherwise been hard to capture.

国产视频淚 wanted to develop these words to ensure the reader got a unique sense of what a school can provide in the aftermath of a conflict or disaster 国产视频� not just for learning but for protection.

国产视频淚 hope that this can send a strong message that ensures that the most vulnerable children in the world are not left waiting for their dreams to be restored.国产视频�

You can make your voice heard too by telling world leaders they must urgently commit resources to the Education Cannot Wait fund. Sign the #SafeSchools petition here.