Education for Refugees

Meheba Refugee Settlement is a multi-cultural community with refugees from different countries. It was established in 1971, since then many children have been born and educated in Zambia. The settlement has had some form of educational activities, however, support and assistance is required in order to prepare refugees for the future including post-conflict reconstruction. The writer s work was based on investigating whether refugees had enough education opportunities in terms of access to school, support, gender parity, resources or other interventions related to self-reliance in view of repatriation of refugees to their countries of origin. This book therefore, provides an insight to the type of education opportunities refugees living in this settlement have had since its establishment. The findings will be useful to policymakers and practitioners in the field of education and conflict to evaluate their programmes and have a basis on which to plan for further interventions.... Mehr