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ItÂ鶹APP™s time for the talking to stop and the action to begin. Eight months ago world leaders promised to get one million Syrian refugees into school Â鶹APP“ but they have failed to deliver the funding.

That means more than half of all Syrian refugee children in neighbouring countries will not be getting an education.

And thatÂ鶹APP™s a betrayal by the co-hosts of Supporting Syria and the Region conference in London, where the promise was made in February.

Campaigners are pushing hard to tell the international community they have just days to act. The school year is beginning as world leaders gather this week at the United Nations General Assembly. 

The co-hosts of the London conference will be meeting again tomorrow to discuss progress Â鶹APP“ or the lack of it.

Yara Harake, a consultant youth co-ordinator with A World at SchoolÂ鶹APP™s parent charity Â鶹APP, is delivering letters from Syrian refugee children to the UN.

She said:

The issue of refugee children has also been in the spotlight today at the United Nations. United States President Barack Obama Â鶹APP“ in his final speech to the UN Â鶹APP“ said it was time for action on the refugee crisis.

He said: Â鶹APPœHuman ingenuity now gives us the capacity to feed the hungry and give all of our children Â鶹APP“ including our girls Â鶹APP“ the education that is the foundation for opportunity in our world. But we have to put our money where our mouths are.Â鶹APP�

Obama also spoke at the LeadersÂ鶹APP™ Summit on Refugees, where 52 countries and international organisations discussed how to tackle the current crisis.

Seventeen major refugee-hosting countries pledged to help increase refugeesÂ鶹APP™ school enrollment through measures including building new classrooms, training and hiring new teachers, and certifying and streamlining refugee education programmes.