Whitney Hans Blog #11 on Syria 
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-middle-east-35426230

Les Mis compared to how Malala Yousafzai warns of education gap for Syrian refugees

Les Mis has a lot of themes to the storyline of the play and one of them is Freedom. Freedom relates to the story about how Malala is trying to educate million of refugee children. Malala is the leader for a lot of children in Syria after she was shot in the head by the Taliban for campaigning for education for girls in Pakistan now she is still trying to raise awareness for the lack of education to the Syrian refugees. The number for Syrian girls who are already teenage brides, or working in farms and factories is rising fast. According to the Malala fund nearly half the roughly four million children displaced in the region are not in school. They risk becoming a :lost generation", Ms Yousafzai warned. "It's time for the world to match their commitment to get every Syrian child back in school," Malala sent in an email to the editor of the article. "My generation is not lost," she insists. But the longer Syrian children stay out of school, the greater the risk they will not return. According to the report by Malala's charitable fund, donors only provided 37% of the money needed to supply resources such as school places and teachers. As you can see Syria is trying everything they can do to help these Syrian children and not have a lost generation. But they need all the money they get because for a year of schooling they need $1.4bn to plug the gap. According to Malala neighbouring countries are already bearing too much of the cost of educating Syrian refugees. My opinion on everything is they really should make sure they educate these kids. Also Malala is such a wonderful young leader she is truly a blessing for many of people. But i also understand that it is very hard for them because of the money situation. I wish them all the best.