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How Canada Can Protect Schools in War Zones

How Canada Can Protect Schools in War Zones

Around the world, schools are attacked or being occupied by military forces in conflict zones.  This is having a devastating effect on children endangering their lives, their teachers’ lives and denying hundreds of thousands of children their right to education.

Canada needs to sign the Safe Schools Declaration, a political commitment to protect education during armed conflict.  56 countries have signed, Canada needs to be the 57th

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