George And Amal Clooney Are Helping 3,000 Syrian Refugees Get An Education

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by Rebecca Cope |
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George and Amal Clooney's foundation will help send 3,000 Syrian refugees to school in Lebanon this year, in a bid to prevent thousands of youngsters from becoming part of a so-called 'lost generation' without access to education in the aftermath of the Syrian civil war.

There are an estimated 200,000 - 250,000 child refugees unable to attend school in Lebanon, according to Unicef and Human Rights Watch respectively. This is out of the approximately 500,000 children who have fled neighbouring Syria for the safety of Lebanon in the past six years.

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The Clooney Foundation for Justice, along with Google, is funding the initiative in conjunction with seven public schools, with the project costing $2.25 million. Computer firm HP has also donated $1 million to help the cause, which will involve piloting new technology tools for the children to use for their education.

'Thousands of young Syrian refugees are at risk - the risk of never being a productive part of society. Formal education can help change that,' the Clooneys said in a joint statement. 'We don't want to lose an entire generation because they had the bad luck of being born in the wrong place at the wrong time.'

The couple set up the foundation in late 2016 to 'advance justice in courtrooms, communities, and classrooms around the world'. It's main focus is on helping the vulnerable children around the world, including those affected by war.

It has previously sponsored the resettlement of Syrian and Yazidi refugees in the US. Amal, who is a human rights lawyer, has also taken on ISIS herself, urging world leaders to not let the terrorist group 'get away with genocide'.

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