Race to help 300,000 Syrian girls and boys

The plan to bring Education without Borders聽to 300,000 Syrian refugee children is gaining momentum as UN Special Envoy for Global Education Gordon Brown and education activists rally support聽for the initiative.

After Malala Yousafzai spoke to Zahra and Om Kolhtoum Katou last week on Skype, CNN国产视频檚 Nic Robertson talked to the 13-year-old girls in their temporary home of Baalbeck, Lebanon.

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The plan, which could see Syrian refugees in Lebanon receiving schooling within weeks, was developed by expert Kevin Watkins of the Overseas Development Institute and will be the subject of funding discussions in New York during the United Nations General Assembly on September 23.

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