Refugee education

  Education Should Travel With the Child

A refugee child may lose a home, a school, a teacher and even a country. Education should not have to be another thing left behind.

IDEA’s refugee education model creates a portable learning environment that can remain with a child through displacement and changing circumstances.

The Lifeline platform was specifically conceived for refugee settlements, conflict zones and displaced children, with learning stored directly on the device rather than dependent upon continuous internet, cellular service or a functioning school.

Language, Culture and Continuity

Displaced children may be living in a country whose language and curriculum are different from their own.

Freedom Tablets can support multiple languages and locally appropriate content, allowing children to continue learning in a familiar language while additional languages and educational material are introduced.

Where appropriate, curriculum can remain connected to the child’s home education system, helping preserve educational continuity and making eventual reintegration into formal schooling easier.

Something That Belongs to the Child

The tablet is more than a delivery mechanism. In an environment where almost everything may be temporary, it can provide a continuing place for learning, stories, language and familiarity.

New educational material can be added through controlled offline distribution as the child progresses.

A child may cross a border. Their education can cross with them.