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This story has a very good idea to do because it can change the structure of the story tturns "I" into "We", to prove it is valid it uses sufficiently relevant data

@ranca_pangestu ,thanks for your point of view.

Nice try @ranca_pangestu ...

when we were a child, studying is our number one priority, but that's not the case to the refugees, maybe they're not as fortunate as most of us are, and that's why we should focus more on increasing the education for the refugees.

when we were a child, studying is our number one priority, but that's not the case to the refugees, maybe they're not as fortunate as most of us are, and that's why we should focus more on increasing the education for the refugees.

when we were a child, studying is our number one priority, but that's not the case to the refugees, maybe they're not as fortunate as most of us are, and that's why we should focus more on increasing the education for the refugees.

@keziaaprilliaa ,thanks for expressing your point of view.

imagine back in the day we were lucky to get a proper education since we're fully supported from our parents to be a successful and for financial stability for future but in this case refugee surely struggles a lot to got a proper education, fighting to survived to get a proper education but still it is so hard for refugee children because refugee tend to be not able to get education, it is also affecting their self-esteem and their further oppurtunities. let's look back at the graph, now its time for us to pay attention to this. All children deserve to get a chance to get proper education

@sitepumafazi ,I love how you've expressed your point of view on the plight of refugee children.

Imagine you were running for your life because the sounds of war are so loud that the only thing you want is to survive. Imagine you are holding the hand of a 6 year old child during the race. Imagine you are alone and you don't know where your family is. Imagine you left school behind. Imagine the rest of your life being conditioned by these facts.

Imagine you are a child.

Education is not a priority in refugees´ lives. Lets get together and give them a safe place to live and the opportunity to study. We won't take the pain away, but we will be helping them craft their future.

@Guadalupe ,thanks for the nice try.

Imagine life without all our primary school memories. From the games, to the competition at quiz time, to sharing experiences and all the high school memories that made us smile during our formative years.

Remember that best friend from primary school who you now tell everyone is your cousin because of how close you both grew? Well Some people can't relate to that. Not the refugee children who can't even get access to primary education. Join us today us today as we enroll 10 refugee children to primary education each week.

we can see from this chat, that education is an important tools required to fight obstacles and challengence but not everybody seems to get access to it,everyone has the right to have access to education be it the poor or the rich class,we deserve this life changing opportunity

@IfyAbas ,your writing is on point.Thanks for the nice try.

@odimgbee24 ,thanks for expressing your point of view.

We have invited these refuges to live in our country, now we need to give them access to all the benefits we enjoy, and that includes a sound education. Only through equal education can we reach equality in this country

Very nice - evokes our own memories and makes us want others to have the same

Hello @NIKKIB ,thanks for:
+Expressing your point of view on the plight of refugee children.
+Actively participating in our course discussion forum.

We leave on the same planet with the same duties and rights. When they are crisis in a part of the world we are suffering and the social impact is very big. the refugee education crisis concerning primary, secondary and higher education is real. So we have to do something to solve these bad statistics. Education is a right for each one and it permits to have good citizen. Educated refugees contributed positivly to economics activities. Today say yes to refugee education!

@NIKKIB , very nice message!

@IfyAbas , nice!

When we were children, school became the place where we ignited our imagination to become whatever we wanted - a teacher, a doctor, an astronaut. All seemed possible if we studied hard. The older we got, the further we advanced in our education, the closer we got to making our dreams come true. Now imagine that the opposite happened to you - the older you got, the further your dreams became from coming true because you could not attend school.

@Sabancevaite ,your writing is on point.Well done!!!

When you were a child you were most likely told by a teacher that you could do anything you wanted and to follow your dreams. But what if you were never given that encouragement, never had that teacher or never had the school in the first place? Education opens doors to opportunity and the rest of our lives, but for many refugee children it is inaccessible. The future of these kids starts here and you can help us make it brighter.

@AB719 ,your writing is on point and you've expressed your answer beautifully.Well done!!!

During our childhood, we had families and well wishers who pays our tuitions till high education . we did not experience hardship during our tenure growing up. The man made and natural disasters forced many people to flew their motherland, they experience hardship and can't afford to continue with their education.
How does it feel like when we learn others were suffering but we ignore the fact because exclude them from us. If they did not get education how will our grand sons grew up, what image would they inculcate.

Let's cherish humanity and established schools with formal and non-formal education system which is job oriented and it will run for 6 months twice a year. The initiative will show humanity and many refugees will have hope if we give our helping hands. To share, help and care will give them peace of mind and welcome us when we visit their mother land which is crying.

@dennisjoe782 ,wow.Thanks for the nice try.

Education is important... it has helped us to grow and develop into what we are. This is beside helping us to get the good jobs. Now, imagine to have run way from your country because of war, would we not want to continue with school?

Unfortunately, this is not the case with most refugees. As presented in the graph, most of the refugees have low access to education. There is need to help them get back to class.

@Pixie ,I just love how expressive your writing is.Thanks for the nice try.

there is a crisis of education in our country, let's do something about for everyone to have the same level of education

@bishoprobert181 ,the statements you've written are quite powerful.This could be a great call to action.

We all living in the developed countries with the easy access to education but not all the student in the world have the same, especially refugee. Looking at this graph, we can see how deprived they are from the education from primary level to higher education. We can imagine future of children without higher education, which seems none to refugee so please donate us to provide a better future like you are getting now to the refugee.

@Neera ,I appreciate your nice try.

Global Education was the centre of focus all donors, stake holders, agencies and governments as a lot of resources were focussed on both the Primary and Secondary but failed to concentrate on the Higher sector and that would be the picture of how their focus is with the Refugee Education. In fact not a lot or very little focus is diverted to Refugee Education and the higher education.

@rollartgertrude199 ,I truly appreciate your nice try.Thank you for your answer.

Imagine all the great things you have achieved in your career because you are highly educated. Now, think for a moment. What if you were born in a poor country with no access to education. Who would you be today?

@Beatriz_Gonzaga2021 ,you've written your answer beautifully.

Thank you, @alUG!

Jose is refugee who loves to read and improve his life. He is just finished his primary education classes. He is one of the few able to go to classes, Now that he is beginning secondary education. Jose is very thankful to everyone who helped with a place to sleep and that for the first time in his life is getting 3 meals a day. Jose understands that he must apply himself in his studies as he did in primary school. He knows primary school were the building blocks for secondary school. Jose feels now is has future to continue on to higher education. He feels bright and happy thankful that someone took interest in him and is helping get a education. He hopes that refugee camp will get many partners to fund its needs.
Jose feels that when continues on to higher education and graduates, Jose wants to become a teacher and give back to others who were like himself.

@Beatriz_Gonzaga2021 ,you're very welcome.

@HHWTschool ,thanks for sharing this with us.

In many societies today, men still have to be the sole providers for their families. Imagine then you were a refugee male child. You would only have about a 6 in 10 chance of getting a primary education. If you pass that despite the difficulties you face, you would now have about a 2 in 10 chance of getting a secondary school education. And no matter how hard you work, you will finally have a 0.3 in 10 chance of getting into Higher Education, that is literally a 0 in 10 chances. Think about that for moment.

Very well written

@muneddmore ,I love the fact that you've included some facts & figures in your response.I truly appreciate your nice try.

With the gap in the percentage of global education and that of refugees getting wider, with only 63% of refugees having access to primary education and this percentage dropping as they move higher to secondary and higher institution, where only 3% have access. As a nation, we might think we are making progress and the figures seem insignificant but very soon, we will have a more uneducated populace than educated. And unfortunately, this will gradually have a huge negative impact on us as individuals and the economy. Imagine an unsafe society where crime, poverty and all sort of decadence strive this will be the case if these refugees are left unaided, without access to proper and complete education. Join this move for access to primary education for refugees.

The gap in the percentage of global education and the refugee is wider with just 63% of the refugee who have access to primary education and the percentage drop as they move higher to secondary and higher education, where 33% gain access. The nation would have more uneducated citizen and the result won't be positive on the growth of the nation on all sides. More access to primary refugee is highly needed and it should be supported.

@benedictaN ,you're expressed several solid facts about the plight of refugee children in the context of their education.Thanks for sharing your answer with us.

@GLORIOUS12 ,thanks for sharing your answer with us.Its surely well thought out.

Thanks so much for engaging sir.

@GLORIOUS12 ,you're very welcome..

Education as an ancient tool for the transfer of knowledge from generations to another is the best platform that we all have enjoyed. The world today has grown so sophisticatedly because men have acquired knowledge to a very high degree. But imagine being one among a set of male refugees that are shut out of the global light of knowledge because there are no schools to be enrolled in the part of the world that you are today?

Nice attempt

Imagine for a second how much students take education for granted. Whether it's goofing around or turning assignments in late, it's all for a thought that education is useless. We in society tend to believe that education is work put over us and the fact that is useless. How many people wish to receive the form of education you're getting, while you take it for granted. Think about it. Because you went to high school and received your diploma, you are able to attend college and work towards your dream job like that. What about people from poor countries that have no access to any form of education? How would they reach their dreams? Think about it.

We tend to take for granted that primary education is for everybody. Can you imagine a young person who couldn’t attend primary education, just because they are a refugee? We all know that future prospects are not promising for people whithout basic education. So the question is, what can we do about it?

While we have good memories of secondary school mates, lunchtime, school bells, teachers, and graduation day, young Abdul is not one of the 24% of refugee children who have secondary education.

Abdul, who is 14 years old, had a brief primary education and stopped midway because of the refugee education crisis in Northern Nigeria due to the boko haram insurgent.

The current data of refugee education in the region is alarming: primary education [refugee - 63%, global - 91%], secondary education [refugee - 24%, global - 84%], and higher education [refugee - 3%, global - 37%].

At our organisation, we have enabled more than 800 refugee children go to primary and secondary schools. Some have graduated and are hoping for a higher education. They can hope because we made it possible. It's not just education; we are giving them a better future. Join us in solving the refugee education crisis. Please donate today.”

While we have good memories of secondary school mates, lunchtime, school bells, teachers, and graduation day, young Abdul is not one of the 24% of refugee children who have secondary education.

Abdul, who is 14 years old, had a brief primary education and stopped midway because of the refugee education crisis in Northern Nigeria due to the boko haram insurgent.

The current data of refugee education in the region is alarming: primary education [refugee - 63%, global - 91%], secondary education [refugee - 24%, global - 84%], and higher education [refugee - 3%, global - 37%].

At our organisation, we have enabled more than 800 refugee children go to primary and secondary schools. Some have graduated and are hoping for a higher education. They can hope because we made it possible. It's not just education; we are giving them a better future. Join us in solving the refugee education crisis. Please donate today.”

My name is Jombo. I’m 12 years old and I’m from Juba. I came to Uganda a year and two months ago and I have not been to school for two years. I stopped going to school because the situation became so bad and it was too dangerous. In Sudan, we were scared to go to school because they used to shoot at us in schools. I lost my parents to this war, so I have to work hard to support my siblings, whereby I need education to have my dream come true. Education is the most important thing for your future. I would love to return to school. Only 3% refugees can access high education of 37% globally. We therefore want to turn stories of refugee children like Jombo and increase refugees education access.

Universally we are told as we grow up how important a good education is, that a good education will give us opportunities to change our lives for the better & to achieve our dreams. While a good education is a reality for some of us, in many parts of the world education is a luxury for the masses. Do you know that compared to the number of global primary education a little more than half of refugees receive primary education. When it comes to secondary education this number is even less. At the level of tertiary education, only one tenth of refugees receive tertiary education compared to the global rate. This clear disparity is extremely alarming.

Effectively stated. Short & to the point.

The point is driven through using a narrative as well as numbers to support it.

Ladies and Gentlemen, what you see here is not just figures presented in colors. It's the gap difference in education among two categories of humans separated by a combination of circumstances.
According to the 1951 Refugee Convention, a refugee is “someone who is unable or unwilling to return to their country of origin owing to a well-founded fear of being persecuted for reasons of race, religion, nationality, membership of a particular social group, or political opinion.”
Now, imagine yourself going through this ordeal and still have the desire to be educated. A lot of refugees actually want to be educated but their access is either limited or totally restricted which led to the chart you now see.
Should we just look on why the gap increases? Would you kindly join hands with our organization to create meore access to education for refugees? Please donate so t heir dreams could be realized.

A very good explanations about how it can be created. Congratulations.

What is the difference between A refugee and a normal citizen?

As a refugee, there are times when you are expected to do somethings for your family in order for your parents to be satisfied with who you are or what you are because of what happened or what has been lost in the past, while being a normal citizen you get to choose what you want , how things should be done and who you want to become in the future.

Imagine if you are refugee who doesn't know the importance of education and how it will help you in the future. What benefits education gives, the privileges and opportunities it gives you and how life could be with education. A normal citizen can be fortunate and unfortunate at the same time because they have the privilege to at least have a taste of education in a younger age.
As you can see on the graph given above, global education is higher than the refugee education. why? because in my opinion as children in the refugee camp attend school, they drop out slowly as they reach secondary and higher education due to low-esteem, discrimination, or any other things that would block one to learn. And as for the global education, it increase because the priviliges are given to those fortunate ones
I think its unfair because it the governments dont see the need of such people because they are looking for people with quality instead of training one.

imagine having to leave your home to foreign land because of wars and invasion of the land of your birth. having no where to go to except a shelter in a distant land, where you barely have a roof over your head and your next meal promised because getting a job is close to impossible . These hardships make basic necessities like clothes and an education seem like a luxury. This is the reality of the average refugee that has led to an educational crises as 63% of refugees have a primary education as compared to the global figure of 91% and 24% of refugees have a secondary education as compared to the global average of 84% while only 3% of refugees get a tertiary education as compared to the global average of 37%.

Welldone! i love how you crafted this , its really smart!

Do you know out of 100 refugee students only 3 students went for higher education compared to global students where out of 100 37 students goes for higher education. The scenario of refugee students starts itself from the primary level education where only 63 out of hundred students joins for primary education. Due to lack of sufficient resources for their livelihood refugee parents are not giving a golden opportunity for their children to get proper education. So lets get united and make a education available to all in this earth.

How many times as a kid have you complained when you had to go to school? That's because we have all given that for granted. Imagine if you couldn't give for granted being surrounded by other children every day, by teachers who take care of you, being able to learn and to grow... You are now imagining the reality of Syrian children who are refugees.

Mimi, a single mother of three is struggling to feed her kids.
COVID-19 hits and lost her job.
With a help from SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia, she now owns a small business, happy and full of hope.
#FamilyEmpowerment

Mimi, a single mother of three struggling to feed her kids.
COVID-19 hits and lost her job.
With a help from SOS Children’s Villages Ethiopia, she now owns a small business, happy and full of hope.
#FamilyEmpowerment

Exactly...... It is WE not I
People gets connected when you being them into the picture

Amazing storyline

Well Wel together

Amazing story.....well put together

Well structured story line

So relatable

Imagine yourself are the age of 13, now imagine how industrious you will be by now.

This is what we tend to achieve for the children through our skill acquisition training program.

Imaging bwing the part of these refugee. it will be sad, tears or anythings. we need to share or might become as a volunteer to teaching and give them some soft skills to learn due to their low education.

Education is an essential part of our growth to shape the society we live in and the duties to be performed. An educated society has highly educated people in different specialties at its disposal leading to increased efficiency and effectiveness of service that is reaped by the said society. Refugees are part of our society and they are going to work towards service delivery in our society. Education of refugees at all levels, just as is education of the community, is essential to improved service delivery in the community.

Now, how about we being the one that very excited to learn from school, but we must going down from top mountain to get to school, and suddenly we can't because of landslide that wash out our land from the top until down that makes our land, houses, school, and missing our family because of the accident, how you're going to be? sad? angry? is it makes you feel? can you still thinking about studying the best for yourself in the camp?

Amazing Dalia!

I would turn this graph into a "we" story by relating the audience members' lived experiences and their access to primary, secondary, and higher education to that of refugees. By comparing refugee access to educations versus global access, the audience will feel more compelled to care about the cause as they will relate to the "we" part of the narrative.

With the need for economical development in our Nation, we need to make refugee education one of our priority as this will help reduce the burden of been responsible for them. When we teach them how to live better lives, we will also be living better lives as individuals and as a Nation.

With the decline in education especially among refugee. How will you feel if you have to wake up every day among refugees without opportunities for education. The graph above shows the refugees are mostly affected compared to global education crisis. We must all put all hands on deck to make sure everyone deserves education .

We all had a dream of what we wanted to become when we grow up. And by some sheer of luck and support from family, we were able to go to school and obtain the education we have today which set us on a path to actualizing our dreams. Everybody in this room today knows what it feels like to go to school and get an education. Imagine if you dropped out of school as a girl child and forced into early marriage because your family could not afford the financial cost of schooling for you and your siblings or you had to pick up menial jobs as a boy child to support your struggling family.

This is the plight of most children who have lost their homes and have become refugees in a foreign land. The priorities have changed for their families who barely make enough to provide for food and other basic needs of their household. While you and I as kids could dream of acquiring the best education up to any level, these children are forced to abandon their dreams and merely hope for survival thus making education one of the least of their pressing priorities. But we know what education can do in the life of a girl child and a boy child. We can spark a light of hope again in these children and help them reach their highest potential in life through education.

Most of us in this room took being educated for granted; in fact, many of us resented the fact that we were required to accept our exemplary and free education. We are literally surrounded by free, appropriate and stellar educational opportunities that many of us choose to ignore. Imagine that this disappeared tomorrow. Would we miss it? Would we realize what we had was the envy of the world? No need to imagine- this is the reality for many across the globe.

I work in schools and realize what a gift we have!

Nice to read comments that are inspiring and has helped me realize where I need to do better.

we live in a world where the future of refugee families is truly at stake. only 3% of refugees have access to higher education. This mean only 1 in 10 refugee become educated right up the university. This means refugee family with just 63% of them accessing primary education is likely to remain vulnerable, poor and with highest illiterate in the world.

This means we are going to live behind over 60% of refugee uneducated and we are failing to achieve the United Nations Goals. That's why we are calling on our support to bring education to 60,000 refugees population in Cameroon.

All humans are equal and have the right to a decent job but yet, Paulette like 1 out of every 4 refugee children did not get the opportunity to go to secondary school. Will she stand the chance to Professionally compete against Eric who is presently writing his GCE A level examination? What if you had to run and leave everything behind like Paulette, what if you could not afford your studies? What would have become of you today? Our organisation helps youngstars like Paulette get an education so that they can stand a chane to compete against other youths on the job market. Please join us create an equal opportunity for these refugees by donating to our cause

We are expected to narrate a "we" story. Seems like yo did not understand the assignment

Article 26 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights states that everyone has a right to education and that "Education shall be directed to the full development of the human personality and to the strengthening of respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms.

However, for refugees, education is more of a privilege than a right. Compared to global education, refugee education falls way below in all levels. For example, it fared 63% in primary education compared to global performance of 91%.

Growing up, we all must have experience what education and a better condition to study is, close from school, go home, lunch is served and take a nap and to your assignments. Now imagine the life of a child coming from a crisis affected area, overwhelmed with trauma and must study in an unusual environment where all he sees are sad people. it will affect his learning process and his ability to perform well in class.

Remember being at primary school and seeing the wide range of faces there?
But at high school and especially at university, it was a different group. Fewer than one in 20 of the refugees who you'd have seen at primary school takes part in higher education.
They're no less bright than anyone else, so why is that?

The highest impact of education in our society is mostly evident in students who are able to obtain any form of higher education. while 37% out of the 91% children enlisted in global education are able live out their full potential as a result of completing their higher education, only 3% out of the 61% who were fortunate to be enrolled in the refugee education program can enjoy the benefits that come with completing any form of higher education.

Imagine running a 3-course race in which you knew for sure the other participants were about 1.5 times certain to beating you to the finish for the first course, 3 times as likely in the second course and again 1.5 times as likely in the final course. How would you feel? Overwhelmed? Powerless? Defeated?
This the reality of education for refugees around the globe and yet most us educated adults don't even know about this.
Now you may be asking in your mind just as I am, what can we do about this? Well, I'd like to share with you what our organization is doing....

A close look at this graphs shows us that children living in this refugee camps have very low access to education when compared to our children who have several opportunities.

well written

The world is a more prosperous place when all people have an opportunity to get an education.

Well said!

Well said!