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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: How inflation in Lebanon hinders education for children
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — It’s no secret that economic inflation has devastated so many aspects of Lebanese society. According to Camille Melki of Heart For Lebanon, “The value of our national currency deteriorated to 1.5%.”
One area of society that has seen a significant impact may not be the most obvious – children’s education. The economic downfall “makes it very hard for parents to secure education for their children, and for schools to continue to operate under a lot of economic restraints.”
Put more plainly, most children have two options: public schools, which haven’t reopened thanks to a lack of gover...