Children are the future of our world. They watch adults every day and learn new words, ideas, and opinions among other traits. They will grow to be the leaders in charge. The individuals, who make the rules, change the future, and conceive more children to raise and teach. The children in the Middle East have undergone many difficult situations especially over the past few years, since conflict has begun in such places as Syria. Due to the fighting, 3,700 children have died and 500,000 have been made into refugees. There needs to be some changes to help the children grow and develop in the Middle East.
Over the past two years education in Syria has decreased by 200,000 children. With all of these children losing their right to an education, it hurts their economy because they are not learning what they need to expand their minds and change their futures. For many of these children, not going to school is a big deal because they enjoy going to school. It is a time for them to get away from the fighting and from family life and enjoy learning. Due to the intensity of the war and the closing of most schools, women who were attending school cannot attend anymore. Since the women cannot attend school to get good jobs for themselves, they must marry off and forget about their dreams.
When parents are put in the position that they must wed off their daughters, it is usually something they do not want to do, but must do. Many parents have wed their young daughters off to men so they can make sure that they are safe. Others have sold their daughters to men so that they can earn some extra money because they have fled Syria without any money or a little amount of money. The fighting does not affect only the school education in Syria, but it also disturbs the social interaction of the children. They grow up seeing violence and dirty streets. They watch their family members and other members of the community die from the horrific warfare that diseased their country. Kids are losing their childhood because it is not safe enough to go outside and play with the other children, let alone go to school. Instead of learning how to interact nicely with others and show others respect, they are learning about death and bloodshed. No child should be denied the right to an education or the right to a happy and loving childhood.
Since these problems involve the lives and futures of Middle Eastern children, we must stand together and do something to make a change. As far as the schooling goes, we need to find a way to make it safer for them to attend school. There will be special spots set up in refugee camps for children to learn. These schools will be collapsable, such as the movable hospitals, so they can be moved if need be. This way there are enough schools to take in the thousands of children that are fleeing with their families to these refugee camps. This will take a lot of money to accomplish due to the need of books and other materials, but hopefully we can get a good amount of donations. There may be a chance that not all children will have their own books, but any amount of materials is better than none. The children also need a place to play without having to worry about the war going on around them. There should be buildings that hold an area for children to play inside or outside. We will need to get the United Nations to declare certain spots "safe spots" which has occurred in other wars previously. The play areas will be placed near the schools so they are all in the same safe area. This will help ensure the safety of children while at school and at play. Again, we will need to get donations for toys and materials to build the buildings.