By Friday, European authorities had pledged millions in aid, both through Brussels and individually.
There are scholarships and means-tested financial aid, both which help reduce the costs.
Some countries are asking for aid, both from their European partners and from the International Monetary Fund, to prop up their currencies and the banks.
More aid, both humanitarian and developmental, is needed, with priority on establishing local security to allow a lasting return of IDPs and refugees to rebuild local economies.
Humanitarian aid, both American and Israeli politicians have said, should be preserved as far as possible: the aim is to hurt Hamas, not the Palestinians.
This week, they secured what was portrayed as an important promise from the Turks to restore regional trade and to aid both neighboring Azerbaijan, an increasingly close ally of Turkey, and Armenia, historically a foe, if peace is agreed.
In real terms -- adjusted for inflation and the rising student population -- what the governor has proposed is actually a slight decline in school aid, both statewide and for the city.
The money put into the machine will directly transfer to the Mosaic initiative, a small London-based charity which distributes aid, both within Syria and to educational projects for Syrian refugees elsewhere.
Britain has been criticized for taking relatively few Syrian refugees, but it does provide considerable aid, both through the United Nations and separately, to countries like Jordan, Turkey and Lebanon, who host millions of refugees from Syria's civil war.
"With this form of aid, both sides are looking in a mirror," said Richard Aboulafia, an aviation expert at the Teal Group, an aerospace consulting firm based in Fairfax, Va.
ActionAid's aid policy adviser Melissa Hall said: "Reviews are an essential part of the learning process and making sure aid both works for poor people and that it offers value for money is crucial.
