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Alexandra meetsÌýTarald Brautaset to hand over the messages

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More than 18,000 messages have been sent to world leaders Â鶹APP“ demanding that they donÂ鶹APP™t break their promise to Syrian refugee children.

Yesterday they were handed over in Norway, one of the co-hosts of a historic conference where $1.4 billion was pledgedÌýto get one million Syrians into school in neighbouring countries this year.

With the 2016-17 academic year about to start in Turkey, Lebanon and Jordan, .

Alexandra Kensland Letelier, one of A World at SchoolÂ鶹APP™s network of , delivered the 18,744 messages to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in the Norwegian capital Oslo.

The 21-year-old had an hour of talks with ministry representativeÌýTarald Brautaset, a former ambassador to France and the United Kingdom.

Alexandra, who is from Oslo, said: Â鶹APPœMy meeting with Mr Brautaset was great. He was very supportive of young campaigners from Norway and also of the whole Global Youth Ambassadors network.

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Â鶹APPœI was pleased to have the opportunity to hand over so many messages from around the world Â鶹APP“ but mainly it was exciting to see that they are being listened to.Â鶹APP�

Norway was one of the co-hosts of the Supporting Syria and the Region Conference in London in February, where the promise was made to get all Syrian refugee children into school in their host countries.

Alexandra said Mr Brautaset listened with great interest as she told him about the work of A World at School and the GYAs programme, as well as our parent charity and the #SafeSchools campaign to help children in conflict zones.

Norway has taken a leading role in putting education at the top of the global development agenda.

Mr Brautaset told Alexandra that Norway has followed up on its promises but admitted the effort from the international community needs to be better.

As well as the messages, 50,000 people have now watched a video made by Â鶹APP to remind world leaders of their promise.

Watch the video here

Ben Hewitt, Â鶹APPÂ鶹APP™s Campaigns and Communications Director, said: Â鶹APPœThanks to your help, 50,000 people have seen its simple message Â鶹APP“ you promised.

Â鶹APPœDue to this overwhelming support, the co-hosts are now talking to us Â鶹APP“ a big step forward that shows the pressure is having an effect.

Â鶹APPœHowever, weÂ鶹APP™re still not getting a clear answer on when theyÂ鶹APP™ll put their money where their mouth is and actually keep their promise.

Â鶹APPœSo, we need to keep up the pressure Â鶹APP“ will you ask your friends on Facebook to send a message to donors?Â鶹APP�