Save the Children: Sahel School Closures Increase by 20% in Past Year, With 200,000 More Children Out of Class
September 09, 2023
September 09, 2023
FAIRFIELD, Connecticut, Sept. 9 -- Save the Children, an organization that says it is giving children a healthy start in life, opportunity to learn and protection from harm, issued the following news release:
An uptick in violence in the Sahel region - Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali has led to the closure of nearly 7,800 primary schools, said Save the Children, with the number of closures rising 20% in the past year.
As a result, as of June 2023, around 1.4 million childr . . .
An uptick in violence in the Sahel region - Burkina Faso, Niger and Mali has led to the closure of nearly 7,800 primary schools, said Save the Children, with the number of closures rising 20% in the past year.
As a result, as of June 2023, around 1.4 million childr . . .