SOS Children's Villages International

Mental Health

Q&A: Pandemic's impact on vulnerable children

April 17 2020 - "Being confined can be risky for vulnerable families," says Teresa Ngigi, an SOS mental health expert. "The risk of not having any external physical support could lead to child abuse cases since no one is witnessing this and reporting becomes difficult in that the abuser could constantly be present."

Somalia

'My country will be heavily challenged to fight COVID-19'

April 15 2020 - Farhio Saney, a doctor at the SOS Mother and Child Hospital in Somalia, says staff have resorted to producing their own masks. But she knows it is inadequate protection against the virus.

Peru

A mother worries, but has faith

April 7 2020 - “Today I walked to the town centre to buy food. Public transportation is too expensive during the lockdown. The hard part was to carry everything back by myself. It took me around five hours in total."

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