[Alison Kosik, Cnn Business Correspondent:] Annual joint military drill between the U.S. and South Korea are beginning today. The war games codenamed Foal Eagle have traditionally angered North Korea, but the drills will be shorter this year and apparent concessions to recent diplomatic moves between Pyongyang and Seoul. Pope Francis encouraged the talks between North and South Korea during his Easter Sunday mass. Thousands gather in the Vatican City the holiest day in Christianity. And his message of global peace, Pope Francis said he hoped the recent discussions will benefit the Korean people.
[Pope Francis, Head, Catholic Church:] We implore fruits of dialogue for the Korean Peninsula. That the discussions underway may advance harmony and peace within the region. May those who directly responsible act with wisdom and discernment to promote the good of the Korean people and to build relationships of trust within the international community.
[Kosik:] Queen Elizabeth and other members of the British Royal Family attended their annual Easter Church Service. It was held at Saint George's Chapel in Windsor Castle and that's where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle will get married in May. That's your CNN NEWS NOW, I'm Alison Kosik. "CONNECT THE WORLD" is up next.
[Becky Anderson, Cnn Anchor:] Coming to you from the Dead Sea in Jordan, this CONNECT THE WORLD with me, Becky Anderson. I'm here at the Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit with a very special show to you dedicated to children, their rights, and those fighting to protect them. That is the goal of this gathering here, held in the patronage of Jordan's King Abdullah and bringing together some amazing voices. In a moment, I'll be talking to Kailash Satyarthi, who is a noble Laureate and a driving force behind this gathering. Mohamad al Jounde is a Syrian refugee helping get other kids just like him back into the classroom. And Marcus Mumford, singer, songwriter and child rights activist. But before we get to that, lest we forget this small country of Jordan host the second largest number of refugees per capita in the world. Half of whom are children. So we wanted to take a look at conditions on the ground at one of the biggest refugee camps here in Jordan. And there we saw first-hand a project that is making a difference.
[Anderson:] Zaatari Camp in Jordan, home to some 80,000 Syrian refugees living here in the middle of what is a tragic reminder of conflict. An oasis of hope, football pitch packed with children. So many of these kids will some of them would have been born here.
[Ali Bin Hussein, Prince, Jordan:] Most of the young kids are born here.
[Anderson:] All part of the project led by this man, Jordan's Prince Ali bin Hussein.
[Bin Hussein:] The kids like any other kids in the world. And if you listen to their stories and from what they've been through, I mean, it's a miracle that they are the way they are.
[Anderson:] Tell me about your passion for football. Are you really good at it?
[Bin Hussein:] Excuse me. I tend to think that I was good player. Obviously when I was younger and I played as a kid.
[Anderson:] How is it that football makes a difference?
[Bin Hussein:] Football is a universal language around the world. Everybody knows it, so it was the natural thing to start with but really it's what people around the world like. And it's a team sports and it unites.
[Anderson:] Tell us what you know about the life and lives for some of these kids. What's their biggest challenge? What are they facing?
[Bin Hussein:] Obviously a lot of them came just with the clothes on their bag. The majority of them, actually almost all of them that I have ever met have lost either a parent or another sibling, cousin, and so on. So it's not normal for them but obviously, through things like programs like football, you bring them a sense of normalcy where they actually participate. It's not that they're just sitting in classroom and so on, they're participating together especially with traumatized kids because you know, it also helps with their social skills and their abilities just to get along and it builds confidence as well.
[Anderson:] Just how big an impact has what is happening in Syria had on Jordan's economy and Jordan's society?
[Bin Hussein:] Well, that's the big issue here is we have three registered refugee camps like Zaatari and two temporary ones. But the reality is that majority of the refugees are actually in our towns and villages and cities and that is having a big impact on the economy. But having said that, it's we feel that it's our moral duty to take care of them and take care of our neighbors. They're not the first wave of refugees that we've had in this country. But again, you know, we do all this, we always need the support of the international community in dealing with it. At the same time, you do you do see a lot of parts of the world that obviously complain about a small number of refugees entering and they should also help taking
[Anderson:] You're talking about the west.
[Bin Hussein:] Yes, specifically.
[Anderson:] Let's talk about the summit. How do you think we get a serious commitment for child refugees from the world as opposed to well, I think the CEO of War Child described as these toothless statements from politicians about how conflict the problem is rather than what we should do and can do about it.
[Bin Hussein:] Yes, well, I think in this summit, in particular, it's not just you know, these are the leaders and Laureates and from and from all backgrounds participating, but most importantly the children are participating. And we need to listen to their stories and what their hopes and what aspirations are and come up with a concrete solution and recommendations. And to be honest, to pressure governments or in fact sorry to say but embarrass them getting into action and helping out the kids and refugees all over the world.
[Crowd:] Every child matters. Every child matters.
[Anderson:] #EveryChildMatters is been what we are about. And I have a line of guest this hour all bringing their own unique perspective. Mohamad al Jounde as being called the voice of a generation who knows the struggles of being a child refugee first hand. In the midst of Syria's civil war, his family fled to Lebanon where he has helped hundreds of Syrian children get an education. He builds a school in a refugee camp with his own hands and acted as teacher. All this when he was just 12 years old. Last year, he won the International Children's Peace Prize for his work. Here's what he had to say upon receiving the award.
[Mohamad Al Jounde, Youth Activist:] Children at my age who are supposed to be in high school are even less likely to be in school because they have more responsibilities like taking care financially for their parents who are often not allowed to work. We do not think one to become a lost generation.
[Anderson:] Mohamad, is then education the single biggest issue facing kids on the move?
[Al Jounde:] For me, yes. Education is the big issue that children are facing because, without education, they basically have no life as children. Their childhood is lost. They can't have friends, there's no safe place for them without the schools.
[Anderson:] You were just 12 years old when you set up a school and got kids like yourself an education. You're 17 now, you probably forgotten more than the rest of us here today on the show will ever know perhaps with the
[Al Jounde:] Well, at first were difficult in the beginning when I fled Syria to Lebanon because one of the reason build a school the school because I was out of one. I then go to Chinese school for two year because of our poor financial situation and because Baghdad, the school next at Syrian's so that's one of the main reasons I built one. I felt like I built one for myself. Even though I didn't learn in this, I only taught but it felt like home. And in the beginning, of course, it was hard to get to know all the children and to deal with them because I was inexperience of this and I was 12 years old. I wasn't the same age them so it was hard for them to like follow my words or anything. And of course, the lack of financial support back then so and after actually six months by the Lebanese government to make the decision to destroy the school and all the four camps surrounding it, so this was the more areas that it's actually really hard to achieve your dreams. But after two months, luckily we opened it again.
[Anderson:] Those closest to the problem we are told are those who can provide a solution. And that is kids like you. Standby, I'm going to come back to you. Kailash Satyarthi, you have devoted your life to protecting the rights of kids. You received the Nobel Prize alongside
[Kailash Satyarthi, Children's Rights Activist:] First of all I would salute the
[Anderson:] And you make a really good point to how we tackle those not just single issues but multi-issues is massively important. To Marcus Mumford - I'll come back to you. You are the lead singer of the band Mumford and Sons in case you've forgotten which has performed a number of charity concerts including a London show a few months ago that was an aid of War Child, an NGO working to help children in conflict and post-conflict areas. You are an ambassador for the charity and last year you traveled to Iraq to meet children who have been living under ISIS. Like Mohamad and Kailash, you have witnessed first-hand the consequences and risks of the conflict and the world's policies or lack thereof to provide help, and you've written about this. Explain.
[Marcus Mumford, Lead Singer, Mumford And Sons:] Yes, well, it's an honor to be sitting with you Mohamad and Kailash. Thank you for having me. War Child would see the main problems for children on the move as being safety, education, and a hope for livelihood in the future. So try and address those three things and the practical work that War Child does with the special emphasis on psychosocial support as well. And what they do in the field, in comfort zones I think is unique and really special working with children and their parents importantly as well to provide psychosocial support in trying to engage young people in that. We're in Gaza last year and we're engaging younger kids easier and older girls as well but young the teenage boys are very difficult to engage. We have to get them from the door at the center so we're setting up football program just to get them into focus. We all love football and we find that as a helpful tool so we're now running pilot programs in Gaza and in Central Africa Republic which we were in a year and a half ago and the same thing there. So really those three things that we focus on.
[Anderson:] All right, well, I want to take a break. But when we come back, I want to talk about how we might provide some solutions and why a summit like this with leaders and Laureates and kids, youth activist is important because as I said earlier on, Mohamad is had a problem, the problem is there. He is closest to potential solutions as well. On the shores of the Dead Sea, this is a special edition of CONNECT THE WORLD from the Laureates and Leaders for Children Summit. We'll continue this discussion after this short break. Stay with us.