WASHINGTON — Al-Monitor, an independent US media company and news organization dedicated to in-depth coverage and analysis of the Middle East, has announced that it will provide major support to a UNICEF-Education Above All Foundation partnership project, No Lost Generation, aimed at getting children affected by the war in Syria back into classrooms.

Al-Monitor's significant financial contribution to No Lost Generation — an initiative backed by UN and other international agencies, donors, governments and nongovernmental organizations — will also help raise awareness of UNICEF’s efforts to provide access to education and support for children affected by ongoing conflict. 

“Nearly half of the 16.2 million people requiring humanitarian assistance as a result of the war in Syria are children, and close to 2 million children have been displaced as their families have fled to neighboring countries,” said Mary Kate Chaath, director, Mid-Atlantic Region, U.S. Fund for UNICEF. “Every day conflict continues and children remain out of school, we risk losing a generation of future leaders and change-makers. Al-Monitor’s support will play an important role in ensuring that Syria’s most vulnerable will have access to teachers, education materials and safe, clean learning spaces.”

Jamal Daniel, founder and chairman of Al-Monitor, said, “The No Lost Generation campaign offers Syria’s children hope for a better future by embracing and acting upon their potential. Al-Monitor is proud to support this essential initiative, which provides equitable access to education, which so many of these children so greatly need.”