As of today at least 5,000 schools in Syria have ceased to function because the buildings were either destroyed during fighting or repurposed as temporary shelters for the displaced. This gallery let's you witness the conditions Syrian school children are educated in.
A teacher conducts a lesson for internally displaced children inside a cave in the rebel-controlled village of Tramla located in Idlib province of Syria. March 27, 2016.
Girls ring a bell inside a school yard in the town of Douma located in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. May 24, 2016.
Internally displaced children attend a class inside a cave in the rebel-controlled village of Tramla located in Idlib province of Syria. March 27, 2016.
Students receive certificates and gifts at the end of the school year, inside 'Syria the hope' school. June 1, 2016.
Students form a circle as they play during a celebration marking the end of the school year, at 'Syria the hope' school located on the outskirts of the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province. June 1, 2016.
Internally displaced children attend a class inside a cave in the rebel-controlled village of Tramla in Idlib province, Syria. March 27, 2016.
Kids watch as volunteer teachers perform a puppet show inside a mobile educational caravan for children who do not have access to schools on the outskirts of the Syrian rebel-held town of Saraqib, Idlib province. March 10, 2016.
Girls sit inside an empty classroom as they pose for a photograph during a celebration marking the end of the school year in the town of Douma located in Eastern Ghouta, Syria. May 21, 2016.
The damaged interior of the 'Syria the hope' school located on the outskirts of the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town in Idlib province. June 1, 2016.
A man dressed in a Mickey Mouse costume distributes certificates and gifts to students during a celebration marking the end of the school year, at 'Syria the hope' school located on the outskirts of the rebel-controlled area of Maaret al-Numan town, in Idlib province. June 1, 2016.
