Our Students
All of our students have been affected in some way by conflict in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Nearly all are originally from Syria, and have moved across the Middle East into Turkey and other nations. A significant portion of our students still, however, reside in Syria.
Recognizing the Syrian war as the largest humanitarian crisis since World War II, Paper Airplanes was founded to serve more than 12 million Syrian refugees who have suffered from the crisis. Since the inception of our first English Language Program in June 2014, we have watched as our students fled from Syria to Turkey, Jordan, Saudi Arabia, and nations in Europe. Currently, our students are across the MENA region, Europe, including Syria itself.
This crisis in particular has seen a large number of people flee to urban centers rather than refugee camps, making access to services related to education and training more difficult. Regime targeting of aid convoys makes aid within Syria even more challenging. Paper Airplanes' programs allows our volunteers to reach those in need anywhere, anytime, as long as they have access to the internet.
