The civil war that started in neighbouring Syria over 10 years ago has meant that now, Lebanon is host to 1.5 million refugees and has the highest number of refugees per capita in the world. 

Since 2016, our work in Lebanon has continued to evolve and adapt to the ongoing refugee crisis and the challenging social, political and economic situation. Currently, there are 319,000 refugee children in Lebanon who cannot access quality education and who are unlikely to enter the formal education system. Now with the added impact of COVID, it is predicted that across the country, children will complete an average of 11 weeks of schooling for the academic year.