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Podcast: Mission Network News - Middle East
Episode: School doors remain closed; Heart for Lebanon offers alternatives
Description: Lebanon (MNN) — The 2023-24 academic year is well underway in the United States and most Western nations. Lebanon is another story.
As described here by Arab News:
Lack of funding for the school system has led to repeated teacher strikes and school closures, resulting in children being pulled out of the formal education system and, in some cases, forced to work.
“The school year is a mess in Lebanon. Most – if not all – public schools have not yet opened their doors for the new academic year,” Heart for Lebanon co-founder Camille Melki says.
“P...