Lost Generation…

Whenever I’m making art with young Syrian refugees on the streets of Beirut, I feel helpless when they mention how much they want to return to school. Though our creative learning time together gives them a brief break from shining shoes, it’s no substitute for an education. A new Save the Children report finds that almost 3 million Syrian children are not receiving an education. Here in Lebanon, one out of every four residents is a Syrian refugee, and four out of every five Syrian refugee children are not enrolled in school. In what is clearly the largest humanitarian tragedy of our time, the suffering of these Syrian children will undoubtedly continue for many more years to come…