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<p>DFID supports international efforts in conflict-affected and fragile countries
to assist children and reduce their risks of violence, exploitation, abuse, and neglect.
This work is in partnership with mandated protection agencies, including the International
Committee of the Red Cross, the UN High Commissioner for Refugees, and UNICEF, as
well as non-governmental organisations.</p><br /><p>DFID aims to improve learning
outcomes, to reach all children in fragile states, and to keep girls in school. DFID
supports children overseas to go to school and continue learning even when they are
forced from their homes and this includes our flagship £355 million Girls’ Education
Challenge that will enable up to 1 million more of the world’s most marginalised girls
to benefit from an education of sufficient quality and transform their lives. In addition,
DFID is supporting improvements to how the international community provides education
in emergencies, including support for the ‘No Lost Generation’ Initiative to provide
over 251,000 Syrian children with formal and informal education inside Syria and in
the region, allowing them to catch up on lost learning time and sit public school
examinations.</p><br /><p>Education and protection will be key themes of the Syria
Conference co-hosted by the UK in early February and the protection and education
of children affected by natural disasters and conflicts will be addressed at the World
Humanitarian Summit in May 2016.</p>
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