Lebanon: Food, heat or education?: Exorbitant school costs leave families in Lebanon with an impossible choice (Press release)
Save the Children – December 06, 2021
Lebanon’s economic crisis, exacerbated by the COVID-19 pandemic, has left thousands of families with the difficult choice of how to spend what little income they have – and children’s education is taking a hit in favour of other essentials such as food and fuel for heating. As temperatures begin to drop and daily expenses increase, Save the Children’s helpline has received a sharp increase in phone calls from parents requesting support for their children to attend class since public schools began to reopen across Lebanon. Calls to the helpline increased by 150% in November when compared to September this year.
https://www.savethechildren.net/news/food-heat-or-education-exorbitant-school-costs-leave-families-lebanon-impossible-choice