The United States is set to donate to the Lebanese Education Ministry to assist with the funding of public school education for Syrian refugees in Lebanon, Education Minister Elias Bou Saab said Thursday.
“The value of U.S aid that will arrive to Lebanon in the future is [made up] of large numbers that the public was not aware of,” Bou Saab said a statement after meeting with U.S Ambassador to Lebanon David Hale Thursday.
Bou Saab said the pledged aid specifically targeted the education of Syrian refugees.
The meeting also discussed the education minister’s participation in a U.N. conference in New York at the end of the month, which is set to discuss international support for Lebanon’s efforts to educate Syrian refugees in Lebanese public schools.
The ministry is seeking $200 million from international organizations to fun the education of an additional 100,000 refugee students. So far, half of the sum has been collected.
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