"We will do for education what the Red Cross and Medecins Sans Frontieres achieve for health and seek to provide education not just in places of comfort and peace but everywhere in the world.
"Some children can spend their lives living in conflict, or refugee camps, and if we do not reach out to these children, we will miss a generation.
"We need an Education Beyond Borders initiative that will help ensure that education needs are met in humanitarian emergencies, with a coordinated approach and rapid deployment of education experts led by UNICEF and Save the Children.
"We will provide additional UK support for education in Sierra Leone, Burundi, Somalia, Afghanistan, Nepal, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Liberia. And we must mobilize the political will to deliver education for all children, including those in conflict, at the High Level Education Event, hosted by the European Commission, in May."
Source: DFID
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