The average refugee child spends more than ten years in exile; that child’s education cannot wait until he or she is able to return home. Education may not provide humanitarian support in exactly the same way that the provision of medical care, food, or shelter does, but the risks facing children out of school during crises – including labor, marriage, human trafficking, and recruitment as soldiers – can be as grim as any other type of suffering.
普通的难民儿童花十年以上的时间来进行流亡；不能等到他或她重返家园时再开展教育工作。教育或许不能以像医疗、食品或住房那样提供人道主义援助，但危机期间失学儿童所面临的童工、早婚、人口拐卖和士兵招募等风险其严酷程度丝毫不亚于其他类型的苦难。