Towards an inclusive and quality education for refugees
Dora Chinmaya is a UN Volunteer Education Assistant serving with the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) in Zambia to improve access to quality education for refugees. Motivated by her passion for youth education, she is working for children to ensure equality, and a better life for refugees.
Forced to flee their homes due to persecution, conflict or violence, refugee children are five times more likely to be out of school than non-refugee children. Infrastructures set up to support refugee populations are often deemed to be temporary with the primary focus being to ensure that basic needs – such as food and shelter – are met