Uprooted Iraqi children back in school in Syria, Jordan, Egypt, Lebanon.

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UNHCR and UNICEF joint press release

"GENEVA, 27 July 2007 - UNICEF and the UN refugee agency today issued a $129 million joint appeal aimed at getting tens of thousands of uprooted Iraqi children back in school.

Warning that a generation of Iraqis could grow up uneducated and alienated, the two UN agencies presented a plan to support host governments such as Syria, Jordan, Egypt and Lebanon in providing schooling for an additional 155,000 young Iraqi refugees during the 2007-08 school year.

Altogether, more than 2 million Iraqis have fled to nearby countries – primarily Syria and Jordan – to escape continuing violence in their homeland. About 500,000 of them are of school age and most currently have limited or no access to education.

Jordan announced on Thursday it would give all Iraqi children in the country access to Jordanian schools."

More on that: http://www.unicef.org/media/media_40417.html

This is the kind of news I like the most. The ones that give some hope to the poorest and last ones.
Waiting for Iraqi schools and society to be back to normal.
When will it happen?