The UAE has donated Dh5.5 million to support education programmes for Syrian refugee children.
The money was given as part of the Big Heart Campaign to mark the UNHCR’s World Refugee Day, which took place on June 20.
The funding will be used to support primary, secondary and technical education for children displaced by the ongoing conflict in Syria.
The theme of this year’s World Refugee Day is ‘one family torn apart by war is too many’.
Sheikha Jawaher bint Mohammed Al Qasimi, the wife of the ruler of Sharjah and UNHCR eminent advocate for refugee children, thanked local donors for coming forward.
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