The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees claims 948,849 Syrian refugees are registered in Lebanon, however, actual figures from municipalities and central government report that figure is closer towards 1.8 million refugees.

World leaders gathered at the Supporting Syria and the Region conference in 2016 in London and among other key pledges, promised to “provide access to education for all refugee and host community children by the end of the 2016-17 school year”.

It is estimated that 666,491 Syrian children live displaced as refugees in Lebanon today, 46 per cent of whom have no access to formal or non-formal education. There are a vast number of children aged 10 and above who can’t even write their own name.